diff --git a/package/powervr/Config.in b/package/powervr/Config.in
index d09ce74d6a..746e15b291 100644
--- a/package/powervr/Config.in
+++ b/package/powervr/Config.in
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_POWERVR
 	bool
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_POWERVR
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_POWERVR
+	string
diff --git a/package/powervr/powervr.mk b/package/powervr/powervr.mk
index 83392fde36..1f43505611 100644
--- a/package/powervr/powervr.mk
+++ b/package/powervr/powervr.mk
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 POWERVR_SOURCE =
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TI_GFX),y)
-POWERVR_DEPENDENCIES += ti-gfx
-endif
+POWERVR_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_POWERVR))
 
 ifeq ($(POWERVR_DEPENDENCIES),)
 define POWERVR_CONFIGURE_CMDS
diff --git a/package/ti-gfx/Config.in b/package/ti-gfx/Config.in
index 929247b241..f455f4ca70 100644
--- a/package/ti-gfx/Config.in
+++ b/package/ti-gfx/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_OPENGL_EGL
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_OPENGL_ES
 	default "ti-gfx"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_POWERVR
+	default "ti-gfx"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TI_GFX_DEBUG
 	bool "enable debug support"
 	help