diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
index a70c82005e..8fd26f3018 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.libsdl.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.libsdl.org/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="alsa-lib libX11 libXrandr Mesa"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain alsa-lib libX11 libXrandr Mesa"
+PKG_DEPENDS="alsa-lib libX11 libXrandr $MESA"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain alsa-lib libX11 libXrandr $MESA"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libsdl: A cross-platform Graphic API"