diff --git a/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk b/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
index 84d99abc2f..d2485e99d1 100644
--- a/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
+++ b/package/mplayer/mplayer.mk
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ ifeq ($(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_ARCH)),armv6j)
 MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-armv6
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_SOFT_FLOAT),)
 ifeq ($(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),y)
 MPLAYER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-neon
+MPLAYER_CFLAGS += -mfpu=neon
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)