diff --git a/package/transmission/transmission.mk b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
index 4e78604fdb..32e8e70789 100644
--- a/package/transmission/transmission.mk
+++ b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --enable-daemon
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
 TRANSMISSION_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
-TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --with-systemd-daemon
+TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --with-systemd
 else
-TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd-daemon
+TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --without-systemd
 endif
 
 define TRANSMISSION_USERS