diff --git a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
index ded5e554e6..1144133254 100644
--- a/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
+++ b/package/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 HARFBUZZ_CONF_ENV = LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -pthread"
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_SVG),y)
 HARFBUZZ_DEPENDENCIES += cairo
 HARFBUZZ_CONF_OPTS += --with-cairo=yes
 else