diff --git a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
index b4b91c9af5..52c8a2da4e 100644
--- a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
+++ b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --disable-unicode
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl --without-gnutls
-else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+# gnutls support also requires libgcrypt
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),yy)
 SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls --without-openssl
 else