diff --git a/package/sdl_mixer/sdl_mixer.mk b/package/sdl_mixer/sdl_mixer.mk
index 0423817316..ab6f7ef014 100644
--- a/package/sdl_mixer/sdl_mixer.mk
+++ b/package/sdl_mixer/sdl_mixer.mk
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMODPLUG),y)
 SDL_MIXER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-music-mod-modplug
-SDL_MIXER_DEPENDENCIES += libmodplug
+SDL_MIXER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf libmodplug
 else
 SDL_MIXER_CONF_OPTS += --disable-music-mod-modplug
 endif