diff --git a/package/matchbox/Config.in b/package/matchbox/Config.in
index 7867ae3881..70cc168ba0 100644
--- a/package/matchbox/Config.in
+++ b/package/matchbox/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXDAMAGE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXCURSOR
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX_LIB
 	help
 	  Matchbox is an Open Source base environment for the X Window
 	  System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX
 
+source "package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/Config.in"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX_PANEL
 	bool "Matchbox Panel"
 	help
diff --git a/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/Config.in b/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..480e6fe4b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/matchbox/matchbox-lib/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX_LIB
+	bool
diff --git a/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk b/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
index fe1a7db59c..e367df2f93 100644
--- a/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
+++ b/package/matchbox/matchbox.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX),y)
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/matchbox/*/*.mk))
-PACKAGES += matchbox-lib matchbox-wm
+PACKAGES += matchbox-wm
 endif