diff --git a/package/wine/wine.mk b/package/wine/wine.mk
index 1a1fea045a..98958ef03c 100644
--- a/package/wine/wine.mk
+++ b/package/wine/wine.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ WINE_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-gphoto \
 	--without-gsm \
 	--without-hal \
-	--without-openal \
 	--without-opencl \
 	--without-oss
 
@@ -163,6 +162,13 @@ else
 WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-curses
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENAL),y)
+WINE_CONF_OPTS += --with-openal
+WINE_DEPENDENCIES += openal
+else
+WINE_CONF_OPTS += --without-openal
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENLDAP),y)
 WINE_CONF_OPTS += --with-ldap
 WINE_DEPENDENCIES += openldap