diff --git a/package/fio/fio.mk b/package/fio/fio.mk
index 10fafb8a0e..57a54dc34a 100644
--- a/package/fio/fio.mk
+++ b/package/fio/fio.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ FIO_DEPENDENCIES += libaio
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFS),y)
-FIO_DEPENDENCIES += libnfs
+FIO_OPTS += --enable-libnfs
+FIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libnfs
+else
+FIO_OPTS += --disable-libnfs
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBISCSI),y)