diff --git a/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk b/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
index fcdb43ce13..15a1b0e9f4 100644
--- a/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
+++ b/package/keepalived/keepalived.mk
@@ -46,4 +46,11 @@ else
 KEEPALIVED_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libiptc
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL),y)
+KEEPALIVED_DEPENDENCIES += libnftnl
+KEEPALIVED_CONF_OPTS += --enable-nftables
+else
+KEEPALIVED_CONF_OPTS += --disable-nftables
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))