diff --git a/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk b/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
index 2fd66439d7..0c9eaa39fa 100644
--- a/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
+++ b/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ LIRC_TOOLS_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIRC_TOOLS_CONF_ENV = XSLTPROC=yes
 LIRC_TOOLS_CONF_OPTS = --without-x
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
+LIRC_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += udev
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB_COMPAT),y)
 LIRC_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libusb-compat
 endif