diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index 33e7ba724a..2d6dff1a93 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ GDAL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.TXT
 GDAL_CPE_ID_VENDOR = osgeo
 GDAL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 GDAL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gdal-config
+GDAL_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
+
+# Using 'make' with CMake's Makefile generator will not work, as
+# 'make' uses GNUmakefile first, but GNUmakefile is provided by
+# autotools in gdal. We need to force 'make' to use the Makefile,
+# which is generated by CMake. GNUmakefile and autoconf are dropped in
+# 3.6 so this can be dropped in future version.
+GDAL_MAKE_OPTS += -f Makefile
+
 # gdal at its core only needs host-pkgconf, libgeotiff, proj and tiff
 # but since by default mrf driver support is enabled, it also needs
 # jpeg, libpng and zlib. By default there are also many other drivers
@@ -20,97 +29,94 @@ GDAL_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = gdal-config
 # respectively needed dependencies.
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jpeg json-c libgeotiff libpng proj tiff zlib
 
-# Yes, even though they have --with options, these few libraries are
+# Yes, even though they have -DDGDAL_USE options, a few libraries are
 # mandatory. If we don't provide them, bundled versions are used.
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
-	--with-geotiff \
-	--with-jpeg \
-	--with-libjson-c=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
-	--with-libtool \
-	--with-libz \
-	--with-png \
-	--with-proj \
-	--without-armadillo \
-	--without-blosc \
-	--without-brunsli \
-	--without-cfitsio \
-	--without-crypto \
-	--without-cryptopp \
-	--without-curl \
-	--without-dds \
-	--without-ecw \
-	--without-expat \
-	--without-exr \
-	--without-fgdb \
-	--without-freexl \
-	--without-geos \
-	--without-gnm \
-	--without-libkml \
-	--without-lz4 \
-	--without-gta \
-	--without-hdf4 \
-	--without-hdf5 \
-	--without-hdfs \
-	--without-heif \
-	--without-idb \
-	--without-jp2lura \
-	--without-java \
-	--without-jpeg12 \
-	--without-jxl \
-	--without-kakadu \
-	--without-kea \
-	--without-lerc \
-	--without-gif \
-	--without-liblzma \
-	--without-libdeflate \
-	--without-mongocxxv3 \
-	--without-mrsid \
-	--without-jp2mrsid \
-	--without-macosx-framework \
-	--without-msg \
-	--without-mysql \
-	--without-netcdf \
-	--without-null \
-	--without-oci \
-	--without-odbc \
-	--without-ogdi \
-	--without-opencl \
-	--without-openjpeg \
-	--without-pam \
-	--without-pcidsk \
-	--without-pcraster \
-	--without-pcre \
-	--without-pcre2 \
-	--without-pdfium \
-	--without-podofo \
-	--without-poppler \
-	--without-python \
-	--without-qhull \
-	--without-rasdaman \
-	--without-rasterlite2 \
-	--without-rdb \
-	--without-sfcgal \
-	--without-sosi \
-	--without-spatialite \
-	--without-sqlite3 \
-	--without-teigha \
-	--without-tiledb \
-	--without-webp \
-	--without-xerces \
-	--without-zstd
+	-DGDAL_USE_GEOTIFF=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_JPEG=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_JSONC=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ZLIB=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PNG=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ARMADILLO=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_BLOSC=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_BRUNSLI=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_CFITSIO=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_OPENSSL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_CRYPTOPP=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_CRNLIB=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_CURL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ECW=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_EXPAT=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_FILEGDB=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_FREEXL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_GEOS=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_LIBKML=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_LZ4=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_GTA=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_HDF4=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_HDF5=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_HDFS=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_HEIF=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_IDB=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_LURATECH=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_JPEG12_INTERNAL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_JXL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_KDU=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_KEA=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_LERC=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_GIF=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_LIBLZMA=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_DEFLATE=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_MONGOCXX=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_MRSID=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PUBLICDECOMPWT=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_MYSQL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_NETCDF=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ORACLE=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ODBC=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_OGDI=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_OPENCL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_OPENEXR=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_OPENJPEG=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PCRE=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PCRE2=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PDFIUM=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_PODOFO=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_POPPLER=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_QHULL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_RASDAMAN=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_RASTERLITE2=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_RDB=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_SFCGAL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_FYBA=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_SPATIALITE=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_SQLITE3=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_TEIGHA=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_TILEDB=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_WEBP=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_XERCESC=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_USE_ZSTD=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_PCIDSK=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_PCRASTER=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_NULL=OFF \
+	-DGDAL_ENABLE_MACOSX_FRAMEWORK=OFF \
+	-DENABLE_GNM=OFF \
+	-DENABLE_PAM=OFF \
+	-DBUILD_JAVA_BINDINGS=OFF \
+	-DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
-GDAL_CONF_OPTS += --with-xml2
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_LIBXML2=ON
 else
-GDAL_CONF_OPTS += --without-xml2
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_LIBXML2=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
 GDAL_DEPENDENCIES += postgresql
-GDAL_CONF_OPTS += --with-pg
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_POSTGRESQL=ON
 else
-GDAL_CONF_OPTS += --without-pg
+GDAL_CONF_OPTS += -DGDAL_USE_POSTGRESQL=OFF
 endif
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(cmake-package))