diff --git a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
index b62923a500..82683d7da1 100644
--- a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
+++ b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV),y)
 GVFS_DEPENDENCIES += libgudev
+GVFS_CONF_OPTS  += --enable-gudev
+else
+GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gudev
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE),y)