diff --git a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/build b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/build
index c81b0c2576..dc34983976 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --enable-mtab \
             --enable-ntfsprogs \
             --enable-crypto \
-            --with-fuse=internal \
+            --with-fuse=external \
             --with-uuid \
 
 make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/meta b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/meta
index edd0af7d1b..a4d3e5deda 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs/meta
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.ntfs-3g.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://tuxera.com/opensource/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="gnutls libgcrypt"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain gnutls libgcrypt"
+PKG_DEPENDS="fuse gnutls libgcrypt"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain fuse gnutls libgcrypt"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs: NTFS-3G Read/Write userspace driver"