diff --git a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
index a613def2e2..f5b827cc30 100644
--- a/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
+++ b/package/bluez5_utils/bluez5_utils.mk
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION = 5.50
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_SOURCE = bluez-$(BLUEZ5_UTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/bluetooth
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-BLUEZ5_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = dbus libglib2
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.1+
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
+BLUEZ5_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_HEADERS),bluez5_utils-headers) \
+	dbus \
+	libglib2
+
 BLUEZ5_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-tools \
 	--enable-library \