diff --git a/package/opus/Config.in b/package/opus/Config.in
index 12bdfbbdb..22e7a5534 100644
--- a/package/opus/Config.in
+++ b/package/opus/Config.in
@@ -13,3 +13,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
 	  quality stereo music.
 
 	  http://opus-codec.org
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS_FIXED_POINT
+	bool "use fixed-point" if !BR2_SOFT_FLOAT
+	default y if BR2_SOFT_FLOAT
+	help
+	  Compile without floating point operations (for machines
+	  without a fast enough FPU).
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/opus/opus.mk b/package/opus/opus.mk
index 007cf16d8..1fc104845 100644
--- a/package/opus/opus.mk
+++ b/package/opus/opus.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OPUS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 OPUS_CONF_OPT = --disable-doc
 OPUS_AUTORECONF = YES
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS_FIXED_POINT),y)
 OPUS_CONF_OPT += --enable-fixed-point
 endif