diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk b/package/gstreamer/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
index d1e328233f..cc035c0673 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gstreamer/gstreamer.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ GSTREAMER_CONF_OPTS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER_GST_DEBUG),,--disable-gst-debug) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER_PLUGIN_REGISTRY),,--disable-registry)
 
-GSTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf host-bison host-flex
+GSTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES = libglib2 host-pkgconf host-bison host-flex \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),libxml2)
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))