diff --git a/package/lynx/lynx.mk b/package/lynx/lynx.mk
index a95326a14a..253f1e6d7a 100644
--- a/package/lynx/lynx.mk
+++ b/package/lynx/lynx.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LYNX_SITE = ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/lynx/tarballs
 LYNX_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 LYNX_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-LYNX_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+LYNX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)
 LYNX_DEPENDENCIES += ncurses