diff --git a/package/mupdf/Config.in b/package/mupdf/Config.in
index cf97711160..34c5e7d538 100644
--- a/package/mupdf/Config.in
+++ b/package/mupdf/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MUPDF
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_9 # harfbuzz
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GUMBO_PARSER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_HARFBUZZ
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MUPDF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LCMS2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENJPEG
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  MuPDF is a lightweight PDF, XPS, and E-book viewer.
diff --git a/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk b/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
index 5f73b680a6..d813d9b7de 100644
--- a/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
+++ b/package/mupdf/mupdf.mk
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ MUPDF_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	jbig2dec jpeg \
 	lcms2 openjpeg \
-	xlib_libX11 \
 	zlib
 
 # mupdf doesn't use CFLAGS and LIBS but XCFLAGS and XLIBS instead.
@@ -39,6 +38,13 @@ else
 MUPDF_MAKE_OPTS += shared=yes
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11)$(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXEXT),yy)
+MUPDF_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_X11=yes
+MUPDF_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libX11 xlib_libXext
+else
+MUPDF_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_X11=no
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFREEGLUT),y)
 MUPDF_DEPENDENCIES += libfreeglut
 else