diff --git a/package/cryptodev/Config.in b/package/cryptodev/Config.in
index d7b77548b..0780cc754 100644
--- a/package/cryptodev/Config.in
+++ b/package/cryptodev/Config.in
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OCF_LINUX
 
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_CRYPTODEV
+	string
+	default "cryptodev-linux" if BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTODEV_LINUX
+	default "ocf-linux"       if BR2_PACKAGE_OCF_LINUX
+
 endif
diff --git a/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk b/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
index ad5adf0cf..11e6f48ad 100644
--- a/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
+++ b/package/cryptodev/cryptodev.mk
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 CRYPTODEV_SOURCE =
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CRYPTODEV_LINUX),y)
-CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES += cryptodev-linux
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OCF_LINUX),y)
-CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES += ocf-linux
-endif
+CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_CRYPTODEV))
 
 ifeq ($(CRYPTODEV_DEPENDENCIES),)
 define CRYPTODEV_CONFIGURE_CMDS