diff --git a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
index 6600006a60..dcc88f3841 100644
--- a/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
+++ b/package/pulseaudio/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_PLUGINS_AUDIO if BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSNDFILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PULSEAUDIO_ENABLE_ATOMIC