diff --git a/package/vte/vte.mk b/package/vte/vte.mk
index 90853cb4a5..031022fb51 100644
--- a/package/vte/vte.mk
+++ b/package/vte/vte.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ VTE_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/vte/0.48
 VTE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libgtk3 libxml2 pcre2
 VTE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 VTE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-VTE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-introspection --without-gnutls --disable-vala
+VTE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-introspection --disable-vala
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+VTE_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls
+VTE_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+else
+VTE_CONF_OPTS += --without-gnutls
+endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))