diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index d20a13dbdd..6da2a469a9 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -30,11 +30,17 @@ RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-elasticsearch \
 	--disable-omhttp \
 	--disable-fmhttp \
 	--disable-imdocker \
-	--disable-imhttp \
 	--disable-impcap \
 	--disable-omhttpfs \
 	--disable-mmkubernetes
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CIVETWEB_LIB),y)
+RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += civetweb
+RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-imhttp
+else
+RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-imhttp
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS),y)
 RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gnutls