diff --git a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
index dc367b90de..9bfa258e14 100644
--- a/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
+++ b/packages/web/libmicrohttpd/package.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/libmicrohttpd/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libmicrohttpd/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="libgcrypt"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain libgcrypt"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libgcrypt"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="web"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libmicrohttpd: a small webserver C library"