diff --git a/package/subversion/Config.in b/package/subversion/Config.in
index cc2549f662..dc04bdba5b 100644
--- a/package/subversion/Config.in
+++ b/package/subversion/Config.in
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SUBVERSION
 	bool "subversion"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_APR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_APR_UTIL
 	# apr really needs shared library support
 	depends on !BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # apr
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NEON
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NEON_XML
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
 	help
 	  Subversion is an open source version control system
 
diff --git a/package/subversion/subversion.mk b/package/subversion/subversion.mk
index af5244b1a9..5f37a87c77 100644
--- a/package/subversion/subversion.mk
+++ b/package/subversion/subversion.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SUBVERSION_SITE = http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion
 SUBVERSION_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 SUBVERSION_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-SUBVERSION_DEPENDENCIES = apr apr-util expat neon zlib
+SUBVERSION_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf apr apr-util expat neon zlib sqlite
 SUBVERSION_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-expat=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include:$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib: \
 	--with-apr=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \