diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index fb6e02336d..2d61927c21 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_IFENSLAVE),ifenslave) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IFPLUGD),ifplugd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN),ifupdown) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2),iproute2) \
diff --git a/package/ifenslave/ifenslave.mk b/package/ifenslave/ifenslave.mk
index 4030d22e82..b51aa72051 100644
--- a/package/ifenslave/ifenslave.mk
+++ b/package/ifenslave/ifenslave.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ IFENSLAVE_SOURCE = ifenslave_$(IFENSLAVE_VERSION).tar.xz
 IFENSLAVE_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20170102T091407Z/pool/main/i/ifenslave
 IFENSLAVE_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 IFENSLAVE_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
-IFENSLAVE_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
 
 # shell script, so nothing to build