diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
index 6d22883116..14888d2aed 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETSNMP),y)
 SYSLOG_NG_DEPENDENCIES += netsnmp
-SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-snmp-dest
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-afsnmp
 SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --with-net-snmp="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin"
 else
-SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-snmp-dest
+SYSLOG_NG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-afsnmp
 endif
 
 define SYSLOG_NG_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV