diff --git a/package/vlc/Config.in b/package/vlc/Config.in
index b7c6088a68..cdb0d1642d 100644
--- a/package/vlc/Config.in
+++ b/package/vlc/Config.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVORBIS if BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
 	help
 	  VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player
 	  and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD,
diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index a9ee62015a..bcb592cdb6 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS),y)
 VLC_CONF_OPT += --enable-opus
-VLC_DEPENDENCIES += opus
+VLC_DEPENDENCIES += libvorbis opus
 else
 VLC_CONF_OPT += --disable-opus
 endif