diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 0332fb9e8d..85988639c2 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ endif
 
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2017.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTC
+	bool "gst1-plugins-bad webrtc renamed to webrtcdsp"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTCDSP
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The WebRTC plugin in GStreamer 1.x has always been named
+	  webrtcdsp, but was wrongly introduced in Buildroot under the
+	  name webrtc. Therefore, we have renamed the option to match
+	  the actual name of the GStreamer plugin.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SPICE_CLIENT
 	bool "spice client support removed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 17cc22be21..fd3ca938c4 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBP
 	help
 	  Webp image format plugin
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTC
-	bool "webrtc"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTCDSP
+	bool "webrtcdsp"
 	# All depends from webrtc-audio-processing
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBRTC_AUDIO_PROCESSING_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTC
 	help
 	  WebRTC echo-cancellation, gain control and noise suppression
 
-comment "webrtc needs a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, gcc >= 4.8"
+comment "webrtcdsp needs a toolchain w/ C++, NPTL, gcc >= 4.8"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBRTC_AUDIO_PROCESSING_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL \
 		|| !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
index ffc9ab4934..46dd14ccb7 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-plugins-bad/gst1-plugins-bad.mk
@@ -813,11 +813,11 @@ else
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-webp
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTC),y)
-GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-webrtc
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_WEBRTCDSP),y)
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --enable-webrtcdsp
 GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_DEPENDENCIES += webrtc-audio-processing
 else
-GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-webrtc
+GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_CONF_OPTS += --disable-webrtcdsp
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BAD_PLUGIN_X265),y)