diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
index 99fe71a91c..4cceb67019 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ FIRMWARE_IMX_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
 
 FIRMWARE_IMX_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE),y)
+FIRMWARE_IMX_DEPENDENCIES += linux-firmware
+endif
+
 define FIRMWARE_IMX_EXTRACT_CMDS
 	$(call NXP_EXTRACT_HELPER,$(FIRMWARE_IMX_DL_DIR)/$(FIRMWARE_IMX_SOURCE))
 endef