diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index 6789c52834..6fa68c2c29 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
+IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils
+endif
+
 # If we've got iptables enable xtables support for tc
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += iptables