diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b4264a5d5..08696f757c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ graph-depends:
 	@cd "$(CONFIG_DIR)"; \
 	$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/graph-depends $(BR2_GRAPH_DEPS_OPTS) \
 	|tee $(O)/graphs/$(@).dot \
-	|dot -T$(BR_GRAPH_OUT) -o $(O)/graphs/$(@).$(BR_GRAPH_OUT)
+	|dot $(BR2_GRAPH_DOT_OPTS) -T$(BR_GRAPH_OUT) -o $(O)/graphs/$(@).$(BR_GRAPH_OUT)
 
 else # ifeq ($(BR2_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG),y)
 
diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 5116ed9fea..c6c367c042 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ $(1)-graph-depends:
 			@cd "$(CONFIG_DIR)"; \
 			$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/graph-depends -p $(1) $(BR2_GRAPH_DEPS_OPTS) \
 			|tee $(O)/graphs/$$(@).dot \
-			|dot -T$(BR_GRAPH_OUT) -o $(O)/graphs/$$(@).$(BR_GRAPH_OUT)
+			|dot $(BR2_GRAPH_DOT_OPTS) -T$(BR_GRAPH_OUT) -o $(O)/graphs/$$(@).$(BR_GRAPH_OUT)
 
 $(1)-dirclean:		$$($(2)_TARGET_DIRCLEAN)