diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa/alsa-utils/package.mk b/packages/audio/alsa/alsa-utils/package.mk
index 1960e0c8f6..1447184e9d 100644
--- a/packages/audio/alsa/alsa-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa/alsa-utils/package.mk
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.alsa-project.org/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="audio"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="alsa-utils: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utilities"