diff --git a/package/mediastreamer/Config.in b/package/mediastreamer/Config.in
index 471d8ad91a..e776b60df3 100644
--- a/package/mediastreamer/Config.in
+++ b/package/mediastreamer/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MEDIASTREAMER
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # ortp
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # ortp
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # C++14
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_MIXER if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM if BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MBEDTLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ORTP
 	help
diff --git a/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk b/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
index 5d66a09880..febbb7b343 100644
--- a/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
+++ b/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ MEDIASTREAMER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DENABLE_UNIT_TESTS=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_ZRTP=OFF
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_MIXER)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_PCM),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB),y)
 MEDIASTREAMER_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DENABLE_ALSA=ON \
 	-DENABLE_SOUND=ON