diff --git a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
index e34033d5c7..0fdb9e1267 100644
--- a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
+++ b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ GVFS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-gdu \
 	--disable-goa \
 	--disable-google \
-	--disable-gphoto2 \
 	--disable-keyring \
 	--disable-libmtp \
 	--disable-udisks2
@@ -99,6 +98,13 @@ else
 GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-afp
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPHOTO2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV),yy)
+GVFS_DEPENDENCIES += libgphoto2 libgudev
+GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gphoto2
+else
+GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gphoto2
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3),y)
 GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gtk
 GVFS_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3