diff --git a/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk b/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
index b940e7e030..b5958c06f4 100644
--- a/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
+++ b/package/mjpegtools/mjpegtools.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 MJPEGTOOLS_VERSION = 2.1.0
 MJPEGTOOLS_SITE = http://sourceforge.net/projects/mjpeg/files/mjpegtools/$(MJPEGTOOLS_VERSION)
-MJPEGTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = jpeg
+MJPEGTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jpeg
 MJPEGTOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 MJPEGTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING