diff --git a/package/xbmc/Config.in b/package/xbmc/Config.in
index 54f8855010..a7337d5fe0 100644
--- a/package/xbmc/Config.in
+++ b/package/xbmc/Config.in
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC_ALSA_LIB
+	bool "alsa"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
+	help
+	  Enable alsa support.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC_AVAHI
 	bool "avahi"
 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB # avahi
diff --git a/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk b/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
index 87c9d722ef..c3eeee9630 100644
--- a/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
+++ b/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ else
 XBMC_CONF_OPT += --disable-dbus
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC_ALSA_LIB),y)
 XBMC_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib
 XBMC_CONF_OPT += --enable-alsa
 else