diff --git a/package/docker-engine/Config.in b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
index b9b9aac16b..5c4e0eed1c 100644
--- a/package/docker-engine/Config.in
+++ b/package/docker-engine/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_ENGINE_DAEMON
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # docker-containerd
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # docker-containerd
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DOCKER_CONTAINERD # runtime dependency
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES # runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE # runtime dependency
 	default y
 	help