diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index f42dca1c86..2e41c3d652 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ WIRESHARK_CONF_ENV = \
 
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-static=no \
-	--without-snappy \
 	--with-libsmi=no \
 	--with-pcap=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 
@@ -135,6 +134,13 @@ else
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-sbc=no
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SNAPPY),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --with-snappy=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += snappy
+else
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += --without-snappy
+endif
+
 define WIRESHARK_REMOVE_DOCS
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/wireshark -name '*.txt' -print0 \
 		-o -name '*.html' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f