diff --git a/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk b/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
index a595aed4f7..0d051fcaa4 100644
--- a/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
+++ b/package/nvidia-driver/nvidia-driver.mk
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NVIDIA_DRIVER_XORG),y)
 # are build dependencies of packages that depend on nvidia-driver, so
 # they should be built prior to those packages, and the only simple
 # way to do so is to make nvidia-driver depend on them.
-NVIDIA_DRIVER_DEPENDENCIES = mesa3d-headers xlib_libX11 xlib_libXext
-NVIDIA_DRIVER_PROVIDES = libgl libegl libgles
+NVIDIA_DRIVER_DEPENDENCIES += mesa3d-headers xlib_libX11 xlib_libXext
+NVIDIA_DRIVER_PROVIDES += libgl libegl libgles
 
 # libGL.so.$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION) is the legacy libGL.so library; it
 # has been replaced with libGL.so.1.0.0. Installing both is technically
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS_MISC = \
 	libvdpau_nvidia.so.$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION) \
 	libnvidia-ml.so.$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION)
 
-NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS = \
+NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS += \
 	$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS_GL) \
 	$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS_EGL) \
 	$(NVIDIA_DRIVER_LIBS_GLES) \