diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
index b05c240367..b68350824f 100644
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.fontconfig.org"
 PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="freetype libxml2 zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-macros freetype libxml2 zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS="freetype libxml2 zlib expat"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain util-macros freetype libxml2 zlib expat"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="x11/other"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="fontconfig: A library for font customization and configuration"