diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index 9a8d3706d5..d60f3b4d3b 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -57,4 +57,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3)$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wireshark
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-libnl
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += libnl
+else
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-libnl
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))