diff --git a/package/lighttpd/Config.in b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
index 9f593a9228..ed674a9227 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_BZIP2
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_PCRE
 	bool "pcre support"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
 	help
 	  Enable PCRE support. Needed to support mod_rewrite
 
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index f0974dd5b2..2a05071209 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dwith_mysql=false \
 	-Dwith_nettle=false \
 	-Dwith_nss=false \
+	-Dwith_pcre=false \
 	-Dwith_pgsql=false \
 	-Dwith_sasl=false \
 	-Dwith_wolfssl=false \
@@ -65,10 +66,10 @@ LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_bzip=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_PCRE),y)
-LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
-LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_pcre=true
+LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
+LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_pcre2=true
 else
-LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_pcre=false
+LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_pcre2=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_WEBDAV),y)