diff --git a/package/htop/htop.mk b/package/htop/htop.mk
index 15a56485c8..aa2ff24750 100644
--- a/package/htop/htop.mk
+++ b/package/htop/htop.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ HTOP_CONF_ENV = HTOP_NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONF
 HTOP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 HTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LM_SENSORS),y)
+HTOP_CONF_OPTS += --with-sensors
+HTOP_DEPENDENCIES += lm-sensors
+else
+HTOP_CONF_OPTS += --without-sensors
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES_WCHAR),y)
 HTOP_CONF_OPTS += --enable-unicode
 else