diff --git a/package/fftw/Config.in b/package/fftw/Config.in
index 8699d9c350..ed87de1a70 100644
--- a/package/fftw/Config.in
+++ b/package/fftw/Config.in
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2
-	bool
-
 choice
 	prompt "fftw precision"
 	default BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_DOUBLE
@@ -30,7 +27,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_SINGLE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_DOUBLE
 	bool "double"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2 if BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_DOUBLE
 	help
 	  Compile fftw in double precision (the default), i.e. use
 	  'double' for floating point type.
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_PRECISION_QUAD
 endchoice
 
 source "package/fftw/fftw-single/Config.in"
+source "package/fftw/fftw-double/Config.in"
 source "package/fftw/fftw-long-double/Config.in"
 source "package/fftw/fftw-quad/Config.in"
 
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-double/Config.in b/package/fftw/fftw-double/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfcd1ef997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-double/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_DOUBLE
+	bool "fftw-double"
+	help
+	  Compile fftw in double precision (the default), i.e. use
+	  'double' for floating point type.
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.hash b/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.hash
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..3ee7ecb3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.hash
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../fftw.hash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.mk b/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bacb26e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw-double/fftw-double.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# fftw-double
+#
+################################################################################
+
+FFTW_DOUBLE_VERSION = $(FFTW_VERSION)
+FFTW_DOUBLE_SOURCE = fftw-$(FFTW_VERSION).tar.gz
+FFTW_DOUBLE_SITE = $(FFTW_SITE)
+FFTW_DOUBLE_DL_SUBDIR = fftw
+FFTW_DOUBLE_INSTALL_STAGING = $(FFTW_INSTALL_STAGING)
+FFTW_DOUBLE_LICENSE = $(FFTW_LICENSE)
+FFTW_DOUBLE_LICENSE_FILES = $(FFTW_LICENSE_FILES)
+
+FFTW_DOUBLE_CONF_ENV = $(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_ENV)
+
+FFTW_DOUBLE_CONF_OPTS = \
+	$(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS) \
+	CFLAGS="$(FFTW_COMMON_CFLAGS)" \
+	$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE2),--enable,--disable)-sse2
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/fftw/fftw.mk b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
index ccec0e0f2d..862ad5edc0 100644
--- a/package/fftw/fftw.mk
+++ b/package/fftw/fftw.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ FFTW_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FFTW_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FFTW_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_DOUBLE),y)
+FFTW_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-double
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_LONG_DOUBLE),y)
 FFTW_DEPENDENCIES += fftw-long-double
 endif
@@ -36,9 +40,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_FAST),y)
 FFTW_COMMON_CFLAGS += -O3 -ffast-math
 endif
 
-# x86 optimisations
-FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_FFTW_USE_SSE2),--enable,--disable)-sse2
-
 # Generic optimisations
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
 FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-threads
@@ -48,14 +49,6 @@ FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threads
 endif
 FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += $(if $(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_OPENMP),--enable,--disable)-openmp
 
-FFTW_CONF_ENV = $(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_ENV)
-FFTW_CONF_OPTS += \
-	$(FFTW_COMMON_CONF_OPTS) \
-	--disable-single \
-	--disable-long-double \
-	--disable-quad-precision \
-	CFLAGS="$(FFTW_COMMON_CFLAGS)"
-
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(generic-package))
 
 include $(sort $(wildcard package/fftw/*/*.mk))