diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index b25823b6a3..1e58dd6b88 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ F:	package/libpri/
 F:	package/libseccomp/
 F:	package/libss7/
 F:	package/linux-tools/
+F:	package/matchbox*
 F:	package/mesa3d-headers/
 F:	package/nbd/
 F:	package/nut/
diff --git a/package/matchbox-lib/Config.in b/package/matchbox-lib/Config.in
index e50a5436c1..d758ab35a8 100644
--- a/package/matchbox-lib/Config.in
+++ b/package/matchbox-lib/Config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX_LIB
 	bool "matchbox-lib"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXEXT
 	help
 	  Matchbox common functionality library.
diff --git a/package/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk b/package/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
index ee206b6d82..18204d2d0b 100644
--- a/package/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
+++ b/package/matchbox-lib/matchbox-lib.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ MATCHBOX_LIB_SITE = http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/matchbox/libmatch
 MATCHBOX_LIB_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 MATCHBOX_LIB_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MATCHBOX_LIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-MATCHBOX_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf expat xlib_libXext
-MATCHBOX_LIB_CONF_OPTS = --enable-expat --disable-doxygen-docs
+MATCHBOX_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf xlib_libXext
+MATCHBOX_LIB_CONF_OPTS = --disable-doxygen-docs
 MATCHBOX_LIB_CONF_ENV = LIBS="-lX11"
 
 define MATCHBOX_LIB_POST_INSTALL_FIXES