diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
index 22241d54fd..e36ccdad57 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/Config.in
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_LEVEL
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_MATROSKA
 	bool "matroska"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2 && BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_MONOSCOPE
 	bool "monoscope"
@@ -119,4 +120,25 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_WAVPARSE
 	bool "wavparse (*.wav audio)"
 	default y
 
+comment "plugins with external dependencies (more to come)"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_ANNODEX
+	bool "annodex (XML Library)"
+	default y
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_ESD
+	bool "esdsink (ESounD sound daemon)"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_JPEG
+	bool "jpeg (JPEG support)"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
+	default y
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_OSS
+	bool "ossaudio (OSS audio)"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PNG
+	bool "png (PNG support)"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
+	default y
 endif
diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
index bef8d01b0d..c120edbb33 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-good/gst-plugins-good.mk
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_MATROSKA),y)
 GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-matroska
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib bzip2
 else
 GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-matroska
 endif
@@ -236,4 +237,36 @@ else
 GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-wavparse
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_ANNODEX),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-annodex
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-annodex
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_ESD),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-esd
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-esd
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_JPEG),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-jpeg
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-jpeg
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_OSS),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-oss
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-oss
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_PLUGIN_PNG),y)
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --enable-png
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
+else
+GST_PLUGINS_GOOD_CONF_OPT += --disable-png
+endif
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/multimedia,gst-plugins-good))