diff --git a/package/libvips/libvips.mk b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
index 8078e046d1..7622f32fbc 100644
--- a/package/libvips/libvips.mk
+++ b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ else
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-tiff
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_DOUBLE),y)
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-fftw
-LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += fftw
+LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-double
 else
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-fftw
 endif