diff --git a/package/transmission/Config.in b/package/transmission/Config.in
index b47c36fdd3..38a459cdbe 100644
--- a/package/transmission/Config.in
+++ b/package/transmission/Config.in
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_REMOTE
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_GTK
 	bool "transmission-gtk"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2 && BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3 && BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	help
 	  Install transmission GTK-based GUI interface.
 
 comment "transmission-gtk needs a toolchain w/ locale"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2 && !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3 && !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 endif
 
 comment "transmission needs a toolchain w/ threads"
diff --git a/package/transmission/transmission.mk b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
index 6b8e12e465..e4a36805c2 100644
--- a/package/transmission/transmission.mk
+++ b/package/transmission/transmission.mk
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TRANSMISSION_GTK),y)
 TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --with-gtk
-TRANSMISSION_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
+TRANSMISSION_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3
 else
 TRANSMISSION_CONF_OPTS += --without-gtk
 endif