diff --git a/package/minetest/minetest.mk b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
index 44a28ce238..ba0bf24091 100644
--- a/package/minetest/minetest.mk
+++ b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ MINETEST_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DENABLE_GLES=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_LUAJIT=ON \
 	-DENABLE_CURSES=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_LEVELDB=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_REDIS=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_SPATIAL=OFF \
@@ -58,6 +57,13 @@ else
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CURL=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
+MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=ON
+else
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_POSTGRESQL=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_SYSTEM_ENABLE_NLS),y)
 MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GETTEXT=ON