diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
index b79b3b6ce5..5fd71fa7f9 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL_ttf/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libsdl.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="SDL libICE libX11 freetype Mesa"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain SDL libICE libX11 freetype Mesa"
+PKG_DEPENDS="SDL libICE libX11 freetype $MESA"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain SDL libICE libX11 freetype $MESA"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libsdl_ttf: A library to use TrueType fonts in SDL applications"