diff --git a/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk
index 30b8bda3aa..f9149a781f 100644
--- a/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk
+++ b/package/kvazaar/kvazaar.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ KVAZAAR_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 KVAZAAR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 KVAZAAR_AUTORECONF = YES
 KVAZAAR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+KVAZAAR_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 KVAZAAR_CONF_OPTS = --without-cryptopp
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))