diff --git a/package/sdl3_ttf/sdl3_ttf.mk b/package/sdl3_ttf/sdl3_ttf.mk
index 12441e243e..c37d6037be 100644
--- a/package/sdl3_ttf/sdl3_ttf.mk
+++ b/package/sdl3_ttf/sdl3_ttf.mk
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ SDL3_TTF_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 SDL3_TTF_DEPENDENCIES = sdl3 freetype host-pkgconf
 
 SDL3_TTF_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-DSDLTTF_VENDORED=OFF \
-	-DSDLTTF_HARFBUZZ=OFF
+	-DSDLTTF_VENDORED=OFF
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HARFBUZZ),y)
 SDL3_TTF_DEPENDENCIES += harfbuzz
 SDL3_TTF_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLTTF_HARFBUZZ=ON
+else
+SDL3_TTF_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLTTF_HARFBUZZ=OFF
 endif
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))