diff --git a/package/alure/Config.in b/package/alure/Config.in
index df86ff2a92..7947e30a1f 100644
--- a/package/alure/Config.in
+++ b/package/alure/Config.in
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ALURE_FLAC_DECODER
 	help
 	  Enables the built-in FLAC decoder.
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_ALURE_OPUS_DECODER
+	bool "opus decoder"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOGG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
+	help
+	  Enables the built-in libopusfile decoder.
+
 endif
 
 comment "alure needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.9, NPTL, wchar"
diff --git a/package/alure/alure.mk b/package/alure/alure.mk
index afcc333683..8d01282ccf 100644
--- a/package/alure/alure.mk
+++ b/package/alure/alure.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ ALURE_DEPENDENCIES = openal
 ALURE_CONF_OPTS = -DALURE_INSTALL=ON \
 	-DALURE_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
 	-DALURE_ENABLE_MINIMP3=OFF \
-	-DALURE_ENABLE_OPUS=OFF \
 	-DALURE_ENABLE_SNDFILE=OFF \
 	-DALURE_ENABLE_VORBIS=OFF \
 	-DALURE_ENABLE_WAVE=ON
@@ -28,6 +27,13 @@ else
 ALURE_CONF_OPTS += -DALURE_ENABLE_FLAC=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALURE_OPUS_DECODER),y)
+ALURE_CONF_OPTS += -DALURE_ENABLE_OPUS=ON
+ALURE_DEPENDENCIES += libogg opus
+else
+ALURE_CONF_OPTS += -DALURE_ENABLE_OPUS=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 ALURE_CONF_OPTS += -DALURE_BUILD_SHARED=OFF \
 	-DALURE_BUILD_STATIC=ON