diff --git a/package/pipewire/Config.in b/package/pipewire/Config.in
index b6809c228e..6c61dd2021 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/Config.in
+++ b/package/pipewire/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # dbus
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # dbus
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS_PLUGINS_AUDIO if BR2_PACKAGE_BLUEZ5_UTILS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS
 	help
 	  PipeWire is a server and user space API to deal with