diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index d4100c1726..261490b868 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -460,20 +460,27 @@ sub gen_package_mk() {
 			next unless $pkg->{"builddepends/$type"};
 			foreach my $dep (@{$pkg->{"builddepends/$type"}}) {
 				my $suffix = "";
+				my $deptype = "";
 				my $condition;
 
 				if ($dep =~ /^(.+):(.+)/) {
 					$condition = $1;
 					$dep = $2;
 				}
-				if ($dep =~ /^(.+)(\/.+)/) {
+				if ($dep =~ /^(.+)\/(.+)/) {
 					$dep = $1;
-					$suffix = $2;
+					$deptype = $2;
+					$suffix = "/$2";
 				}
 
 				my $idx = "";
 				my $pkg_dep = $package{$dep};
 				if (defined($pkg_dep) && defined($pkg_dep->{src})) {
+					unless (!$deptype || grep { $_ eq $deptype } @{$pkg_dep->{buildtypes}}) {
+						warn sprintf "WARNING: Makefile '%s' has a %s build dependency on '%s/%s' but '%s' does not implement a '%s' build type\n",
+							$pkg->{makefile}, $type, $pkg_dep->{src}, $deptype, $pkg_dep->{makefile}, $deptype;
+						next;
+					}
 					$idx = $pkg_dep->{subdir}.$pkg_dep->{src};
 				} elsif (defined($srcpackage{$dep})) {
 					$idx = $subdir{$dep}.$dep;
@@ -499,14 +506,16 @@ sub gen_package_mk() {
 			my $condition;
 			my $prefix = "";
 			my $suffix = "";
+			my $deptype = "";
 
 			if ($deps =~ /^(.+):(.+)/) {
 				$condition = $1;
 				$deps = $2;
 			}
-			if ($deps =~ /^(.+)(\/.+)/) {
+			if ($deps =~ /^(.+)\/(.+)/) {
 				$deps = $1;
-				$suffix = $2;
+				$deptype = $2;
+				$suffix = "/$2";
 			}
 
 			my $pkg_dep = $package{$deps};
@@ -521,7 +530,17 @@ sub gen_package_mk() {
 			foreach my $dep (@deps) {
 				$pkg_dep = $package{$deps};
 				if (defined $pkg_dep->{src}) {
-					($pkg->{src} ne $pkg_dep->{src}.$suffix) and $idx = $pkg_dep->{subdir}.$pkg_dep->{src};
+					unless (!$deptype || grep { $_ eq $deptype } @{$pkg_dep->{buildtypes}}) {
+						warn sprintf "WARNING: Makefile '%s' has a build dependency on '%s/%s' but '%s' does not implement a '%s' build type\n",
+							$pkg->{makefile}, $pkg_dep->{src}, $deptype, $pkg_dep->{makefile}, $deptype;
+						next;
+					}
+					unless ($pkg->{src} ne $pkg_dep->{sec}.$suffix) {
+						warn sprintf "WARNING: Makefile '%s' has a build dependency on itself\n",
+							$pkg->{makefile};
+						next;
+					}
+					$idx = $pkg_dep->{subdir}.$pkg_dep->{src};
 				} elsif (defined($srcpackage{$dep})) {
 					$idx = $subdir{$dep}.$dep;
 				}
@@ -573,7 +592,7 @@ ifndef DUMP_TARGET_DB
 	( \\
 $cmds \\
 	) > \$@
-	
+
 ifneq (\$(IMAGEOPT)\$(CONFIG_IMAGEOPT),)
   package/preconfig: \$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/uci-defaults/$preconfig
 endif