diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/package.mk b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/package.mk
index 79adbd4a26..7ed436e9db 100644
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-plugins/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.alsa-project.org/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/plugins/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib pulseaudio"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="audio"
 PKG_SHORTDESC=""
@@ -32,9 +32,17 @@ PKG_LONGDESC=""
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+# for PulseAudio support
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET pulseaudio"
+  ALSA_PLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulseaudio"
+else
+  ALSA_PLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulseaudio"
+fi
+
 # package specific configure options
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-jack \
-                           --enable-pulseaudio \
+                           $ALSA_PLUGINS_PULSEAUDIO \
                            --disable-samplerate \
                            --disable-maemo-plugin \
                            --disable-maemo-resource-manager \