diff --git a/package/sdl_image/sdl_image.mk b/package/sdl_image/sdl_image.mk
index ba9751de6..05b9a1ffb 100644
--- a/package/sdl_image/sdl_image.mk
+++ b/package/sdl_image/sdl_image.mk
@@ -38,4 +38,15 @@ SDL_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = sdl \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL_IMAGE_TIFF),tiff) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL_IMAGE_WEBP),webp)
 
+HOST_SDL_IMAGE_CONF_OPT = --with-sdl-prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+                --with-sdl-exec-prefix=$(HOST_DIR)/usr \
+                --disable-sdltest \
+                --disable-static \
+                --disable-jpg-shared \
+                --disable-png-shared \
+                --disable-tif-shared \
+
+HOST_SDL_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = host-libjpeg host-libpng host-sdl
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))