diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/Config.in b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/Config.in
index ffcdd270a5..34ec85ff4a 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_VALIDATE
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_VALIDATE
 	bool "gst1-validate"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BASE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYEXPAT
 	help
 	  GstValidate is a tool that allows GStreamer developers to
 	  check that the GstElements they write behave the way they
 	  are supposed to.
 
 	  http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/
+
+comment "gst1-validate depends on python"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
diff --git a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
index 4972cacb6e..9a9e796aa9 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer1/gst1-validate/gst1-validate.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ GST1_VALIDATE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 GST1_VALIDATE_CONF_OPTS = --disable-sphinx-doc
 
-GST1_VALIDATE_DEPENDENCIES = gstreamer1 gst1-plugins-base
+GST1_VALIDATE_DEPENDENCIES = gstreamer1 gst1-plugins-base host-python python
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))