diff --git a/package/flashrom/Config.in b/package/flashrom/Config.in
index 956500f0a4..17a041619e 100644
--- a/package/flashrom/Config.in
+++ b/package/flashrom/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FLASHROM
 	bool "flashrom"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCIUTILS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFTDI
 	# dmidecode is only a runtime dependency
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DMIDECODE
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS 	# libusb
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS 	# libftdi
 	help
 	  BIOS-updating utility.
-	  Requires PCIUtils libraries.
 
 	  http://flashrom.org/
+
+comment "flashrom needs a toolchain w/ threads"
+	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
index 70bbe307be..525470aeff 100644
--- a/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
+++ b/package/flashrom/flashrom.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FLASHROM_VERSION = 0.9.7
+FLASHROM_VERSION = 0.9.8
 FLASHROM_SOURCE = flashrom-$(FLASHROM_VERSION).tar.bz2
 FLASHROM_SITE = http://download.flashrom.org/releases
-FLASHROM_DEPENDENCIES = pciutils
+FLASHROM_DEPENDENCIES = pciutils libusb libusb-compat libftdi
 FLASHROM_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 FLASHROM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING