diff --git a/package/gssdp/gssdp.mk b/package/gssdp/gssdp.mk
index 4b3ce854fc..14eec0b5fd 100644
--- a/package/gssdp/gssdp.mk
+++ b/package/gssdp/gssdp.mk
@@ -12,15 +12,13 @@ GSSDP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.0+
 GSSDP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 GSSDP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GSSDP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2 libsoup
-GSSDP_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-Dexamples=false \
-	-Dvapi=false
+GSSDP_CONF_OPTS = -Dexamples=false
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
-GSSDP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=true
-GSSDP_DEPENDENCIES += gobject-introspection
+GSSDP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=true -Dvapi=true
+GSSDP_DEPENDENCIES += host-vala gobject-introspection
 else
-GSSDP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=false
+GSSDP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=false -Dvapi=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3),y)