diff --git a/packages/network/libnfs/build b/packages/network/libnfs/build
index 9c424ca591..abdfb4cb9a 100755
--- a/packages/network/libnfs/build
+++ b/packages/network/libnfs/build
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --prefix=/usr \
             --libdir=/usr/lib \
             --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --disable-examples \
+            --enable-tirpc \
 
 make
-
 $MAKEINSTALL
 
diff --git a/packages/network/libnfs/meta b/packages/network/libnfs/meta
index 0435ec78ab..97aa516fde 100644
--- a/packages/network/libnfs/meta
+++ b/packages/network/libnfs/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs"
 PKG_URL="$DISTRO_SRC/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS="libtirpc"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libtirpc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="network"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libnfs: a client library for accessing NFS shares over a network."