diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
index af3320eb44..5a560d9153 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--without-rlm_ippool
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HIREDIS),y)
+FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--with-rlm_redis \
+	--with-rlm_rediswho
+FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += hiredis
+else
+FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += \
+	--without-rlm_redis \
+	--without-rlm_rediswho
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL),yy)
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-rlm_rest
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += json-c libcurl
@@ -150,13 +161,6 @@ else
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-readline
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_REDIS),y)
-FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-rlm_redis --with-rlm_rediswho
-FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += redis
-else
-FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-rlm_redis --without-rlm_rediswho
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE),y)
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-rlm_sql_sqlite
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += sqlite