diff --git a/package/gnuradio/Config.in b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
index 1896d1326a..103175946c 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/Config.in
+++ b/package/gnuradio/Config.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GNURADIO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LOG4CPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_VOLK
 	help
 	  GNU Radio is a free & open-source software development
 	  toolkit that provides signal processing blocks to implement
diff --git a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
index 49e3b95191..e36dce081c 100644
--- a/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
+++ b/package/gnuradio/gnuradio.mk
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ GNURADIO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-swig \
 	boost \
 	log4cpp \
-	gmp
+	gmp \
+	volk
 
 GNURADIO_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/python3 \
 	-DENABLE_DEFAULT=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_VOLK=ON \
 	-DENABLE_GNURADIO_RUNTIME=ON \
+	-DENABLE_INTERNAL_VOLK=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_TESTING=OFF \
 	-DXMLTO_EXECUTABLE=NOTFOUND