diff --git a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
index 0311483904..70ba8b20fd 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xserver_xorg-server/xserver_xorg-server.mk
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = 	\
 	xkeyboard-config		\
 	pixman 				\
 	openssl 			\
-	mcookie
+	mcookie 			\
+	host-pkg-config
 
 XSERVER_XORG_SERVER_CONF_OPT = --disable-config-hal \
 		--disable-xnest --disable-xephyr --disable-xvfb \