diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
index a30d5401ba..3863557881 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS = \
 PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf libtool libsndfile speex host-intltool \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSAMPLERATE),libsamplerate) \
-	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),alsa-lib) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),libglib2) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON),avahi) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS),dbus) \
@@ -119,7 +118,10 @@ PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-neon-opt=no
 endif
 
 # pulseaudio alsa backend needs pcm/mixer apis
-ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_MIXER),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_MIXER),yy)
+PULSEAUDIO_DEPENDENCIES += alsa-lib
+PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-alsa
+else
 PULSEAUDIO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-alsa
 endif