diff --git a/package/eudev/Config.in b/package/eudev/Config.in
index bfad99a27..40ff72182 100644
--- a/package/eudev/Config.in
+++ b/package/eudev/Config.in
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_UDEV
+	default "eudev"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV_RULES_GEN
 	bool "enable rules generator"
 	help
diff --git a/package/systemd/Config.in b/package/systemd/Config.in
index e3ea43372..eacc23cc6 100644
--- a/package/systemd/Config.in
+++ b/package/systemd/Config.in
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_UDEV
+	default "systemd"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_ALL_EXTRAS
 	bool "enable all extras"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XZ
diff --git a/package/udev/Config.in b/package/udev/Config.in
index 5cd405162..941a5152f 100644
--- a/package/udev/Config.in
+++ b/package/udev/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
 	bool
-	help
-	  udev is now a virtual package.
-	  Packages requiring udevd at run time or libudev/gudev at build time
-	  should select it.
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_UDEV
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV
+	string
diff --git a/package/udev/udev.mk b/package/udev/udev.mk
index a5d0f800c..f5eeeb494 100644
--- a/package/udev/udev.mk
+++ b/package/udev/udev.mk
@@ -5,20 +5,12 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 UDEV_SOURCE =
+UDEV_DEPENDENCIES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_UDEV))
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EUDEV),y)
-UDEV_DEPENDENCIES += eudev
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
-UDEV_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
-endif
-
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
 ifeq ($(UDEV_DEPENDENCIES),)
-define UDEV_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	echo "No Udev implementation selected. Configuration error."
-	exit 1
-endef
+$(error No Udev implementation selected. Configuration error)
+endif
 endif
 
 $(eval $(generic-package))