diff --git a/packages/lang/yasm/package.mk b/packages/lang/yasm/package.mk
index cfeaa18e1f..55a8dca439 100644
--- a/packages/lang/yasm/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/yasm/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="cmake:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="toolchain/lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="yasm: A complete rewrite of the NASM assembler"
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler under the new BSD
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="--disable-debug \
-                         --disable-warnerror \
-                         --disable-profiling \
-                         --disable-gcov \
-                         --disable-python \
-                         --disable-python-bindings \
-                         --enable-nls \
-                         --disable-rpath \
-                         --without-dmalloc \
-                         --with-gnu-ld \
-                         --without-libiconv-prefix \
-                         --without-libintl-prefix"
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
+                     -DENABLE_NLS=OFF \
+                     -DYASM_BUILD_TESTS=OFF"