diff --git a/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk b/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
index 137c00a505..6c90538f70 100644
--- a/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
+++ b/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ SMARTMONTOOLS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/smartmontools/smar
 SMARTMONTOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SMARTMONTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG),y)
+SMARTMONTOOLS_CONF_OPTS += --with-libcap-ng
+SMARTMONTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libcap-ng
+else
+SMARTMONTOOLS_CONF_OPTS += --without-libcap-ng
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))