diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 00e17c4be6..22b798207a 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_RSYSLOGD),rsyslog) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_START_STOP_DAEMON),start-stop-daemon) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSKLOGD),sysklogd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSLOG_NG),syslog-ng) \
diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index e32505be22..61e08ba765 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ RSYSLOG_PLUGINS = imdiag imfile impstats imptcp \
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS = --disable-generate-man-pages \
 	$(foreach x,$(call qstrip,$(RSYSLOG_PLUGINS)),--enable-$(x))
 
-# Build after BusyBox
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
-RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
 RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gnutls