diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index 1e43a8f6b5..668a79ed93 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ else
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GNUTLS=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CAP=ON
+WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
+else
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CAP=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBKRB5),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_KERBEROS=ON
 WIRESHARK_DEPENDENCIES += libkrb5