diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index 3863557881..13fcec52a3 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS = \
 
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf libtool libsndfile speex host-intltool \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),libsamplerate) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),libglib2) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON),avahi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),dbus) \
@@ -25,6 +24,13 @@ PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),fftw) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),systemd)
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),y)
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-samplerate
+PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += libsamplerate
+else
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-samplerate
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDBM),y)
 PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --with-database=gdbm
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += gdbm