diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
index 094e4db159..5af42f16f3 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS dbus"
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS dbus"
 
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+fi
+
 if [ "$CEC_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
   PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS libcec"
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS libcec"