diff --git a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
index efda3ad695..7043745cc1 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
+++ b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ else
 PIPEWIRE_CONF_OPTS += -Dalsa=disabled -Dpipewire-alsa=disabled
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI),y)
+# avahi support needs avahi-client, which needs avahi-daemon and dbus
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI)$(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),yyy)
 PIPEWIRE_CONF_OPTS += -Davahi=enabled
 PIPEWIRE_DEPENDENCIES += avahi
 else