diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 28f86c2fab..3d37c4634b 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ ELFUTILS_SITE = https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/$(ELFUTILS_VERSION)
 ELFUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ELFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0+ (library)
 ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3
-ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
-HOST_ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-zlib host-bzip2 host-xz
+ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+HOST_ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib host-bzip2 host-xz
 
 # We patch configure.ac
 ELFUTILS_AUTORECONF = YES