diff --git a/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk b/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
index ed73195000..b559e52ad6 100644
--- a/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
+++ b/package/libsvgtiny/libsvgtiny.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR = libsvgtiny-svn-r$(LIBSVGTINY_VERSION)
 LIBSVGTINY_SOURCE = $(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR).tar.bz2
 LIBSVGTINY_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBSVGTINY_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
-LIBSVGTINY_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 host-gperf
+LIBSVGTINY_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 host-gperf host-pkg-config
 
 $(DL_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SOURCE):
 	$(SVN_CO) -r $(LIBSVGTINY_VERSION) $(LIBSVGTINY_SITE) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIBSVGTINY_SVNDIR)