diff --git a/package/nftables/Config.in b/package/nftables/Config.in
index 6452ab4f52..8d172b7256 100644
--- a/package/nftables/Config.in
+++ b/package/nftables/Config.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NFTABLES
 	bool "nftables"
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNFTNL
 	help
diff --git a/package/nftables/nftables.mk b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
index 210e950c11..1eef43586c 100644
--- a/package/nftables/nftables.mk
+++ b/package/nftables/nftables.mk
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@
 NFTABLES_VERSION = 0.9.3
 NFTABLES_SOURCE = nftables-$(NFTABLES_VERSION).tar.bz2
 NFTABLES_SITE = https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables/files
-NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = gmp libmnl libnftnl host-bison host-flex \
+NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = libmnl libnftnl host-bison host-flex \
 	host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 NFTABLES_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 NFTABLES_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS = --disable-man-doc --disable-pdf-doc
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GMP),y)
+NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES += gmp
+NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --without-mini-gmp
+else
+NFTABLES_CONF_OPTS += --with-mini-gmp
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 NFTABLES_DEPENDENCIES += readline
 NFTABLES_LIBS += -lncurses