diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
index 709773a828..8fa9a6ae64 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/system-tools-depends/mc/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="5ebc3cb2144b970c5149fda556c4ad50b78780494696cdf2d14a53204c95c7df"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.midnight-commander.org"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.midnight-commander.org/mc-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain gettext:host glib libssh2 libtool:host ncurses pcre"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain gettext:host glib libssh2 libtool:host ncurses pcre2"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Midnight Commander is a text based filemanager that emulates Norton Commander."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-sysroot"
 
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET=" \
   --enable-vfs-ftp \
   --enable-vfs-sftp \
   --enable-vfs-tar \
+  --with-search-engine=pcre2 \
   --without-x"
 
 pre_configure_target() {