diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 426d26997..260f37425 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -240,6 +240,25 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_target_installed:
 $(BUILD_DIR)/%/.stamp_dircleaned:
 	rm -Rf $(@D)
 
+################################################################################
+# virt-provides-single -- check that provider-pkg is the declared provider for
+# the virtual package virt-pkg
+#
+# argument 1 is the lower-case name of the virtual package
+# argument 2 is the upper-case name of the virtual package
+# argument 3 is the lower-case name of the provider
+#
+# example:
+#   $(call virt-provides-single,libegl,LIBEGL,rpi-userland)
+################################################################################
+define virt-provides-single
+ifneq ($$(call qstrip,$$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_$(2))),$(3))
+$$(error Configuration error: both "$(3)" and $$(BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_$(2))\
+are selected as providers for virtual package "$(1)". Only one provider can\
+be selected at a time. Please fix your configuration)
+endif
+endef
+
 ################################################################################
 # inner-generic-package -- generates the make targets needed to build a
 # generic package
@@ -626,6 +645,13 @@ endif # ifneq ($(call qstrip,$$($(2)_SOURCE)),)
 # configuration
 ifeq ($$($$($(2)_KCONFIG_VAR)),y)
 
+# Ensure the calling package is the declared provider for all the virtual
+# packages it claims to be an implementation of.
+ifneq ($$($(2)_PROVIDES),)
+$$(foreach pkg,$$($(2)_PROVIDES),\
+	$$(eval $$(call virt-provides-single,$$(pkg),$$(call UPPERCASE,$$(pkg)),$(1))$$(sep)))
+endif
+
 TARGETS += $(1)
 PACKAGES_PERMISSIONS_TABLE += $$($(2)_PERMISSIONS)$$(sep)
 PACKAGES_DEVICES_TABLE += $$($(2)_DEVICES)$$(sep)