diff --git a/package/postgis/postgis.mk b/package/postgis/postgis.mk
index 42511536aa..0a55ee0e58 100644
--- a/package/postgis/postgis.mk
+++ b/package/postgis/postgis.mk
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ else
 POSTGIS_CONF_OPTS += --without-raster
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
-POSTGIS_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2),y)
+POSTGIS_DEPENDENCIES += pcre2
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_C),y)