diff --git a/package/petitboot/Config.in b/package/petitboot/Config.in
index bd50ff65a0..b81ab6310d 100644
--- a/package/petitboot/Config.in
+++ b/package/petitboot/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT
 	bool "petitboot"
-	# kexec-lite arch depends is a subset of kexec arch depends
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_ARCH_SUPPORTS || BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # lvm2
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # elfutils
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # elfutils, lvm2
@@ -10,12 +9,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LVM2 # devmapper
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
-	# run-time dependency only
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC if !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE
-	# run-time dependency only
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_POWERPC_UTILS if ( BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le )
-	# run-time dependency only
+	# run-time dependencies
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC if !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE if BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS && !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NVME if ( BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le )
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_POWERPC_UTILS if ( BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le )
 	help
 	  Petitboot is a small kexec-based bootloader