diff --git a/package/rsyslog/Config.in b/package/rsyslog/Config.in
index 8c024e69c7..3ba326191a 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/Config.in
+++ b/package/rsyslog/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RSYSLOG
 	# even though rsyslog already depends on threads for itself:
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_APR_UTIL if BR2_PACKAGE_CIVETWEB_LIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBESTR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBLOGGING
diff --git a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
index 1788d29281..a6e32ecea1 100644
--- a/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
+++ b/package/rsyslog/rsyslog.mk
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += \
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CIVETWEB_LIB),y)
-RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += civetweb
+RSYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES += apr-util civetweb
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-imhttp
 else
 RSYSLOG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-imhttp