diff --git a/packages/network/samba/meta b/packages/network/samba/meta
index f4893c4ac5..d5d0874a39 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/meta
+++ b/packages/network/samba/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.samba.org"
 PKG_URL="http://samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="$ICONV zlib connman"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib $ICONV"
+PKG_DEPENDS="$ICONV zlib attr connman"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib attr $ICONV"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="samba: The free SMB / CIFS fileserver and client"