diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 45153731af..36527ce24e 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_TRACEROUTE),traceroute) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UNZIP),unzip) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_USBUTILS),usbutils) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX),util-linux) \
diff --git a/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk b/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
index d01c62d5ea..192197498d 100644
--- a/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
+++ b/package/traceroute/traceroute.mk
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ TRACEROUTE_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/traceroute/traceroute/tracero
 TRACEROUTE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 TRACEROUTE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
-# Prefer full-featured traceroute over busybox's version
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-TRACEROUTE_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-endif
-
 define TRACEROUTE_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE" -C $(@D)