diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index bc95d91551..9ef11bc019 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ_UTILS),bluez_utils) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),fftw) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBRTC_AUDIO_PROCESSING),webrtc-audio-processing) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),systemd)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDBM),y)
@@ -88,6 +87,13 @@ else
 PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-udev
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WEBRTC_AUDIO_PROCESSING),y)
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-webrtc-aec
+PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += webrtc-audio-processing
+else
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-webrtc-aec
+endif
+
 ifneq ($(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),y)
 # The optional webrtc echo canceller is written in C++, causing auto* to want
 # to link module-echo-cancel.so with CXX even if webrtc ISN'T used.