diff --git a/package/libgtk2/Config.in b/package/libgtk2/Config.in
index 7ebbd0d733..6871aef206 100644
--- a/package/libgtk2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgtk2/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
 	bool "libgtk2"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ATK
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS if BR2_PACKAGE_XORG||BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7||BR2_PACKAGE_TINYX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG