diff --git a/package/nodejs/Config.in b/package/nodejs/Config.in
index 50d1360715..2a0074b5a4 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/Config.in
+++ b/package/nodejs/Config.in
@@ -87,4 +87,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NODEJS_MODULES_ADDITIONAL_DEPS
 
 endif
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROVIDES_NODEJS
+	string
+	default "nodejs-src"
+
 source "package/nodejs/nodejs-src/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs-src/nodejs-src.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs-src/nodejs-src.mk
index 8f934202b0..30e72743a1 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs-src/nodejs-src.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs-src/nodejs-src.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ NODEJS_SRC_LICENSE_FILES = $(NODEJS_LICENSE_FILES)
 NODEJS_SRC_CPE_ID_VENDOR = $(NODEJS_CPE_ID_VENDOR)
 NODEJS_SRC_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = $(NODEJS_CPE_ID_PRODUCT)
 
+NODEJS_SRC_PROVIDES = nodejs
 HOST_NODEJS_SRC_PROVIDES = host-nodejs
 
 NODEJS_SRC_DEPENDENCIES = \
diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index 6dc0e501b4..752971c4a6 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ PNPM = $(NODEJS_BIN_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/pnpm
 YARN = $(NODEJS_BIN_ENV) $(HOST_DIR)/bin/yarn
 endif
 
-NODEJS_DEPENDENCIES = nodejs-src
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(virtual-package))
 $(eval $(host-virtual-package))
 
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/nodejs/*/*.mk))