diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
index 9b5b3d13ea..80ace1c130 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ else
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-rlm_sql_mysql
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2),y)
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-pcre
-FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
+FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
 else
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-pcre
 endif