diff --git a/package/minetest/minetest.mk b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
index ba0bf24091..583bb56342 100644
--- a/package/minetest/minetest.mk
+++ b/package/minetest/minetest.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ MINETEST_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DENABLE_LUAJIT=ON \
 	-DENABLE_CURSES=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_LEVELDB=OFF \
-	-DENABLE_REDIS=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_SPATIAL=OFF \
 	-DAPPLY_LOCALE_BLACKLIST=OFF \
 	-DENABLE_SYSTEM_GMP=ON \
@@ -50,6 +49,13 @@ else
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_FREETYPE=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HIREDIS),y)
+MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += hiredis
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_REDIS=ON
+else
+MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_REDIS=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),y)
 MINETEST_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
 MINETEST_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_CURL=ON