diff --git a/package/octave/octave.mk b/package/octave/octave.mk
index e5b1b2607d..f050546709 100644
--- a/package/octave/octave.mk
+++ b/package/octave/octave.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ else
 OCTAVE_CONF_OPTS += --without-curl
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE),y)
+OCTAVE_CONF_OPTS += --with-sndfile
+OCTAVE_DEPENDENCIES += libsndfile
+else
+OCTAVE_CONF_OPTS += --without-sndfile
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 OCTAVE_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl=yes
 OCTAVE_DEPENDENCIES += openssl