diff --git a/package/lftp/lftp.mk b/package/lftp/lftp.mk
index 431fadb881..ac0f63b19a 100644
--- a/package/lftp/lftp.mk
+++ b/package/lftp/lftp.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LFTP_SITE    = http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp
 LFTP_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 LFTP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LFTP_AUTORECONF = YES
-LFTP_DEPENDENCIES  = readline zlib
+LFTP_DEPENDENCIES = readline zlib host-pkgconf
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB),y)
 LFTP_CONF_OPT += --with-modules