diff --git a/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk b/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
index 01f646d185..e66b9f745c 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/libc/package.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ PKG_SECTION="virtual"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Meta package for installing various tools and libs needed for libc"
 
 if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" = "arm" ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET arm-mem"
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET arm-mem gperftools"
   PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="$PKG_DEPENDS_INIT arm-mem:init"
 fi