diff --git a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
index bfc161d490..ed0c1e56a8 100644
--- a/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
+++ b/package/swupdate/swupdate.mk
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ else
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_LIBGPIOD=n
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUBOOTENV),y)
+SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += libubootenv
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBURIPARSER),y)
 SWUPDATE_DEPENDENCIES += liburiparser
 SWUPDATE_MAKE_ENV += HAVE_URIPARSER=y