diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index 313a54febd..d442810b21 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ else
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_LIBCURL=n
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LUA),y)
-SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += lua host-pkgconf
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LUAINTERPRETER),y)
+SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += luainterpreter host-pkgconf
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_LUA=y
 else
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_LUA=n