diff --git a/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk b/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
index b11aa3c91e..dbf859d3f9 100644
--- a/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
+++ b/package/socketcand/socketcand.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SOCKETCAND_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0
 SOCKETCAND_LICENSE_FILES = socketcand.c
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCONFIG),y)
-SOCKETCAND_DEPENDENCIES = libconfig
+SOCKETCAND_DEPENDENCIES += libconfig
 else
 SOCKETCAND_CONF_OPTS = --without-config
 endif