diff --git a/package/make/make.mk b/package/make/make.mk
index d643fb0004..6e7a8f1aed 100644
--- a/package/make/make.mk
+++ b/package/make/make.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 	MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-load
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GUILE),y)
+MAKE_DEPENDENCIES += guile
+MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --with-guile
+else
+MAKE_CONF_OPTS += --without-guile
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))