diff --git a/package/libvips/libvips.mk b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
index 464d905bd8..91d8a814c4 100644
--- a/package/libvips/libvips.mk
+++ b/package/libvips/libvips.mk
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf expat libglib2 \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB),y)
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --with-giflib
+LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += giflib
+else
+LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --without-giflib
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION),y)
 LIBVIPS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-introspection
 LIBVIPS_DEPENDENCIES += gobject-introspection