diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 0a9af9f17b..5266f844b6 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ BUSYBOX_LDFLAGS = \
 
 # Packages that provide commands that may also be busybox applets:
 BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_ATTR),attr) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BASH),bash) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BC),bc) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BINUTILS),binutils) \