diff --git a/package/modem-manager/Config.in b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
index aa7ed1e2fa..8e995b4175 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/Config.in
+++ b/package/modem-manager/Config.in
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2 and gnutls
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus, libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS # runtime dependency
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGUDEV
 	help
 	  ModemManager is a DBus-activated daemon which controls mobile
diff --git a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
index 6459f8785d..fe08033c79 100644
--- a/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
+++ b/package/modem-manager/modem-manager.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MODEM_MANAGER_SOURCE = ModemManager-$(MODEM_MANAGER_VERSION).tar.xz
 MODEM_MANAGER_SITE = http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs, plugins), LGPL-2.0+ (libmm-glib)
 MODEM_MANAGER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf udev dbus-glib host-intltool libgudev
+MODEM_MANAGER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-intltool libglib2 libgudev
 MODEM_MANAGER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MODEM_MANAGER_LIBQMI),y)