diff --git a/package/xbmc/Config.in b/package/xbmc/Config.in
index 75666a4b95..4db73789a3 100644
--- a/package/xbmc/Config.in
+++ b/package/xbmc/Config.in
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_XBMC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BSDDB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BZIP2