diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/build b/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
index e1135f60ee..a17f05fafd 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/build
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  SDL_PULSEAUDIO="--enable-pulseaudio --enable-pulseaudio-shared"
+else
+  SDL_PULSEAUDIO="--disable-pulseaudio --disable-pulseaudio-shared"
+fi
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 rm -f acinclude/alsa.m4
@@ -58,8 +64,7 @@ rm -f acinclude/alsa.m4
             --disable-esd \
             --disable-esdtest \
             --disable-esd-shared \
-            --disable-pulseaudio \
-            --disable-pulseaudio-shared \
+            $SDL_PULSEAUDIO \
             --disable-arts \
             --disable-arts-shared \
             --disable-nas \
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
index 64142859ca..b6adedb2c8 100644
--- a/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
+++ b/packages/multimedia/SDL/meta
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library de
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
 PKG_AUTORECONF=""
+
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+fi
+