diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index cc9fb415b3..0bc780172c 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-krb5 \
 	--disable-usr-local \
 	--enable-static=no \
-	--with-gnutls=no \
 	--with-libsmi=no \
 	--with-lua=no \
 	--includedir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
@@ -63,6 +62,13 @@ else
 WIREHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-c-ares
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls=yes
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+else
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls=no
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_ENV = LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-gcrypt=yes