diff --git a/package/botan/botan.mk b/package/botan/botan.mk
index 0ac528c990..36aca6d93e 100644
--- a/package/botan/botan.mk
+++ b/package/botan/botan.mk
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --without-os-feature=getauxval
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_SYSTEM),yy)
 BOTAN_DEPENDENCIES += boost
 BOTAN_CONF_OPTS += --with-boost
 endif