diff --git a/package/kodi/Config.in b/package/kodi/Config.in
index afb834ecd7..f388a724c1 100644
--- a/package/kodi/Config.in
+++ b/package/kodi/Config.in
@@ -174,6 +174,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_LIBNFS
 comment "nfs support needs a toolchain w/ threads support"
 	depends on !(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC)
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_MYSQL
+	bool "mysql"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL
+	help
+	  Enable MySQL support
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_NONFREE
 	bool "nonfree components"
 	help
diff --git a/package/kodi/kodi.mk b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
index 9f21bf2988..e0361dae78 100644
--- a/package/kodi/kodi.mk
+++ b/package/kodi/kodi.mk
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ KODI_CONF_OPTS +=  \
 	--disable-vtbdecoder \
 	--enable-optimizations
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_KODI_MYSQL),y)
 KODI_CONF_OPTS += --enable-mysql
 KODI_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_path_MYSQL_CONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/mysql_config"
 KODI_DEPENDENCIES += mysql