diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index a2e2d25d81..7268497135 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
+IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSELINUX),y)
+IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += libselinux
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES)x$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),yx)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += iptables
 else