diff --git a/package/jpeg/Config.in b/package/jpeg/Config.in
index 9508faf24..b7cdfeb79 100644
--- a/package/jpeg/Config.in
+++ b/package/jpeg/Config.in
@@ -30,4 +30,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_TURBO
 
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_JPEG
+	string
+	default "libjpeg"    if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBJPEG
+	default "jpeg-turbo" if BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_TURBO
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/jpeg/jpeg.mk b/package/jpeg/jpeg.mk
index eaa23944c..3695bc818 100644
--- a/package/jpeg/jpeg.mk
+++ b/package/jpeg/jpeg.mk
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 JPEG_SOURCE =
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG_TURBO),y)
-JPEG_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg-turbo
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBJPEG),y)
-JPEG_DEPENDENCIES += libjpeg
-endif
+JPEG_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_JPEG))
 
 ifeq ($(JPEG_DEPENDENCIES),)
 define JPEG_CONFIGURE_CMDS