diff --git a/package/cryptodev/Config.in b/package/cryptodev/Config.in
index 0780cc754d..2407e0482f 100644
--- a/package/cryptodev/Config.in
+++ b/package/cryptodev/Config.in
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OCF_LINUX
 
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_CRYPTODEV
+	def_bool y
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_CRYPTODEV
 	string
 	default "cryptodev-linux" if BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTODEV_LINUX
diff --git a/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk b/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
index 11e6f48ad7..969d1bd17a 100644
--- a/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
+++ b/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
@@ -4,14 +4,4 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CRYPTODEV_SOURCE =
-CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_CRYPTODEV))
-
-ifeq ($(CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES),)
-define CRYPTODEV_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	echo "No CRYPTODEV implementation defined. Configuration error"
-	exit 1
-endef
-endif
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(virtual-package))