diff --git a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
index 50ed980b7a..a4f96e1c56 100644
--- a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
+++ b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ else
 MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_INPUT_OPENCV=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL),y)
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_OUTPUT_VIEWER=ON
+MJPG_STREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf sdl
+else
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_OUTPUT_VIEWER=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))