diff --git a/package/pugixml/pugixml.mk b/package/pugixml/pugixml.mk
index 7d4f47c6fa..1a915980a5 100644
--- a/package/pugixml/pugixml.mk
+++ b/package/pugixml/pugixml.mk
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY),y)
 PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES += PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY
 endif
 
-PUGIXML_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_DEFINES="$(subst $(space),;,$(PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES))"
+PUGIXML_CONF_OPTS += -DPUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES="$(subst $(space),;,$(PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES))"
 
 HOST_PUGIXML_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DBUILD_PKGCONFIG=ON \
-	-DBUILD_DEFINES="$(subst $(space),;,$(HOST_PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES))"
+	-DPUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES="$(subst $(space),;,$(HOST_PUGIXML_BUILD_DEFINES))"
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))