diff --git a/package/cairo/cairo.mk b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
index ab0c2e8338..b79899565b 100644
--- a/package/cairo/cairo.mk
+++ b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
@@ -79,11 +79,17 @@ else
 CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gobject
 endif
 
+# Can use GL or GLESv2 but not both
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL),y)
+CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gl --disable-glesv2
+CAIRO_DEPENDENCIES += libgl
+else
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGLES),y)
-CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-glesv2
+CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gl --enable-glesv2
 CAIRO_DEPENDENCIES += libgles
 else
-CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-glesv2
+CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gl --disable-glesv2
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBOPENVG),y)