diff --git a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
index b951112c58..e755adf893 100644
--- a/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-utils/alsa-utils.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ALSA_UTILS_SITE = http://alsa.cybermirror.org/utils
 ALSA_UTILS_LICENSE = GPLv2
 ALSA_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 ALSA_UTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-ALSA_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext alsa-lib \
+ALSA_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-gettext host-pkgconf alsa-lib \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),ncurses)
 
 ALSA_UTILS_CONF_ENV = \