diff --git a/package/pango/Config.in b/package/pango/Config.in
index cdf8b54171..e810598eef 100644
--- a/package/pango/Config.in
+++ b/package/pango/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # harfbuzz
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # harfbuzz
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFRIBIDI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG
diff --git a/package/pango/pango.mk b/package/pango/pango.mk
index 33e7825896..48edd18b05 100644
--- a/package/pango/pango.mk
+++ b/package/pango/pango.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ PANGO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	libglib2 \
+	libfribidi \
 	cairo \
 	harfbuzz \
 	fontconfig \
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ PANGO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 HOST_PANGO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-libglib2 \
+	host-libfribidi \
 	host-cairo \
 	host-harfbuzz \
 	host-fontconfig \