diff --git a/package/jpeg-turbo/jpeg-turbo.mk b/package/jpeg-turbo/jpeg-turbo.mk
index c3de04af7e..e2b7e63b9a 100644
--- a/package/jpeg-turbo/jpeg-turbo.mk
+++ b/package/jpeg-turbo/jpeg-turbo.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ JPEG_TURBO_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 JPEG_TURBO_CONF_OPTS = --with-jpeg8
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX)$(BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_SIMD_SUPPORT),y)
 JPEG_TURBO_CONF_OPTS += --with-simd
 # x86 simd support needs nasm
 JPEG_TURBO_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX),host-nasm)
diff --git a/package/jpeg/Config.in b/package/jpeg/Config.in
index f337aeb956..170e58c5d9 100644
--- a/package/jpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/jpeg/Config.in
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	help
 	  Select the desired JPEG library provider.
 
+# jpeg-turbo has simd support for some architectures
+config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_SIMD_SUPPORT
+       bool
+       default y if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX || BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON
+
 if BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 
 choice
 	prompt "jpeg variant"
-	default BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_TURBO if (BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_MMX || BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON)
+	default BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_TURBO if BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_SIMD_SUPPORT
 	help
-	  Select the older stable version, or the newer developer version
+	  Select the normal libjpeg or libjpeg-turbo.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBJPEG
 	bool "jpeg"