diff --git a/packages/network/samba/build b/packages/network/samba/build
index 4b518b70cb..b626e994da 100755
--- a/packages/network/samba/build
+++ b/packages/network/samba/build
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-# if [ "$AVAHI_DAEMON" = yes ]; then
-#   SMB_AVAHI="--enable-avahi"
-# else
-#   SMB_AVAHI="--disable-avahi"
-# fi
+if [ "$AVAHI_DAEMON" = yes ]; then
+  SMB_AVAHI="--enable-avahi"
+else
+  SMB_AVAHI="--disable-avahi"
+fi
 
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ samba_cv_zlib_1_2_3=no \
             --disable-external-libtdb \
             --disable-fam \
             --disable-dnssd \
-            --disable-avahi \
+            $SMB_AVAHI \
             --disable-pthreadpool \
             --enable-gnutls \
             --disable-netapi \