diff --git a/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk b/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
index a8b4cf12bb..1a26714992 100644
--- a/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
+++ b/package/libsoup/libsoup.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ LIBSOUP_DEPENDENCIES = \
 LIBSOUP_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 LIBSOUP_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-Dgssapi=disabled \
 	-Dgtk_doc=false \
 	-Dntlm=disabled \
 	-Dsysprof=disabled \
@@ -47,6 +46,15 @@ else
 LIBSOUP_CONF_OPTS += -Dintrospection=disabled
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBKRB5),y)
+LIBSOUP_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-Dgssapi=enabled \
+	-Dkrb5_config=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/krb5-config
+LIBSOUP_DEPENDENCIES += libkrb5
+else
+LIBSOUP_CONF_OPTS += -Dgssapi=disabled
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP_GNOME),y)
 LIBSOUP_CONF_OPTS += -Dgnome=true
 else