diff --git a/package/ytree/ytree.mk b/package/ytree/ytree.mk
index 863eba741c..d9716f93ba 100644
--- a/package/ytree/ytree.mk
+++ b/package/ytree/ytree.mk
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ YTREE_CFLAGS = -DCOLOR_SUPPORT $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 YTREE_LDFLAGS = -lncurses $(TARGET_LDFLAGS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
-YTREE_DEPENDENCIES += readline
+YTREE_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf readline
 YTREE_CFLAGS += -DREADLINE_SUPPORT
-YTREE_LDFLAGS += -lreadline
+YTREE_LDFLAGS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs readline`
 endif
 
 define YTREE_BUILD_CMDS