diff --git a/package/gensio/gensio.mk b/package/gensio/gensio.mk
index 8fc21fab01..0c3ca5e03b 100644
--- a/package/gensio/gensio.mk
+++ b/package/gensio/gensio.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ else
 GENSIO_CONF_OPTS += --without-mdns
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+GENSIO_DEPENDENCIES += udev
+GENSIO_CONF_OPTS += --with-udev
+else
+GENSIO_CONF_OPTS += --without-udev
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),y)
 GENSIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libglib2
 GENSIO_CONF_OPTS += --with-glib