diff --git a/package/qt/Config.in b/package/qt/Config.in
index b09d6429c7..93a8ab1a86 100644
--- a/package/qt/Config.in
+++ b/package/qt/Config.in
@@ -311,8 +311,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MULTIMEDIA
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_AUDIO_BACKEND
 	bool "QtMultimedia Audio backend"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT_MULTIMEDIA
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	help
-	  Build the platform audio backend into QtMultimedia if available
+	  Build the ALSA audio backend into QtMultimedia
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QT_SVG
 	bool "SVG Module"
diff --git a/package/qt/qt.mk b/package/qt/qt.mk
index 864e79bb60..baf653991d 100644
--- a/package/qt/qt.mk
+++ b/package/qt/qt.mk
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QT_AUDIO_BACKEND),y)
 QT_CONFIGURE+= -audio-backend
+QT_DEP_LIBS+=alsa-lib
 else
 QT_CONFIGURE+= -no-audio-backend
 endif