diff --git a/package/python-singledispatch/Config.in b/package/python-singledispatch/Config.in
index 192e516ba0..4abc219f95 100644
--- a/package/python-singledispatch/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-singledispatch/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SINGLEDISPATCH
 	bool "python-singledispatch"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SIX # runtime
 	help
 	  This library brings functools.singledispatch from
 	  Python 3.4 to Python 2.6-3.3