diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index f30fa39917..58e04e3040 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ WGET_CONF_OPTS += --without-libidn
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),y)
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --with-libuuid
 WGET_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
+else
+WGET_CONF_OPTS += --without-libuuid
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)