diff --git a/package/wine/wine.mk b/package/wine/wine.mk
index 02c4c0f155..b6b3aae504 100644
--- a/package/wine/wine.mk
+++ b/package/wine/wine.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ WINE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-gphoto \
 	--without-gsm \
 	--without-hal \
-	--without-krb5 \
 	--without-opencl \
 	--without-oss
 
@@ -121,6 +120,13 @@ else
 WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-glu
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBKRB5),y)
+WINE_CONF_OPTS += --with-krb5
+WINE_DEPENDENCIES += libkrb5
+else
+WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-krb5
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP),y)
 WINE_CONF_OPTS += --with-pcap
 WINE_DEPENDENCIES += libpcap