diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index f1938a13d2..7ec9526710 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2018.05"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTFDI_CPP
+	bool "libftdi C++ bindings option renamed"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI_CPP
+	help
+	  The option BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTFDI_CPP was renamed to
+	  BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI_CPP in order to fix a typo in the option
+	  name.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_JQUERY_UI_THEME_BLACK_TIE
 	bool "jquery-ui-themes option black-tie renamed"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/libftdi/Config.in b/package/libftdi/Config.in
index beb42d34c5..23dae1be1f 100644
--- a/package/libftdi/Config.in
+++ b/package/libftdi/Config.in
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTFDI_CPP
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI_CPP
 	bool "C++ bindings"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/libftdi/libftdi.mk b/package/libftdi/libftdi.mk
index c1952ac68b..cdd77c2e68 100644
--- a/package/libftdi/libftdi.mk
+++ b/package/libftdi/libftdi.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIBFTDI_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBFTDI_CONF_OPTS = --without-examples
 
 # configure detect it automaticaly so we need to force it
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTFDI_CPP),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI_CPP),y)
 LIBFTDI_DEPENDENCIES += boost
 LIBFTDI_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libftdipp
 else