diff --git a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
index 27443307da..4e84e496bf 100644
--- a/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
+++ b/package/tvheadend/tvheadend.mk
@@ -121,11 +121,14 @@ TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += liburiparser
 TVHEADEND_CFLAGS += $(if $(BR2_USE_WCHAR),,-DURI_NO_UNICODE)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2),y)
+TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --enable-pcre2
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
 TVHEADEND_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
-TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pcre --disable-pcre2
 else
-TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre
+TVHEADEND_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pcre --disable-pcre2
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_SUPPORTS_PIE),)