diff --git a/package/mpd/Config.in b/package/mpd/Config.in
index f350b7e72a..902a3da779 100644
--- a/package/mpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpd/Config.in
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_UPNP_PUPNP
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_UPNP_NPUPNP
 	bool "npupnp"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNPUPNP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_CURL
 	help
diff --git a/package/mpd/mpd.mk b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
index 0205208946..4b737c715c 100644
--- a/package/mpd/mpd.mk
+++ b/package/mpd/mpd.mk
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ MPD_DEPENDENCIES += \
 MPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dupnp=pupnp
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_UPNP_NPUPNP),y)
 MPD_DEPENDENCIES += \
+	expat \
 	libnpupnp
 MPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dupnp=npupnp
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPD_UPNP_DISABLED),y)