diff --git a/package/nmap/Config.in b/package/nmap/Config.in
index c1aafeceb9..51dd3423ea 100644
--- a/package/nmap/Config.in
+++ b/package/nmap/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBLINEAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP_NMAP \
 	       if !BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP_NCAT && !BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP_NPING && !BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP_NDIFF
diff --git a/package/nmap/nmap.mk b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
index 8809d4c037..761df3ffa8 100644
--- a/package/nmap/nmap.mk
+++ b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 NMAP_VERSION = 7.70
 NMAP_SITE = https://nmap.org/dist
 NMAP_SOURCE = nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION).tar.bz2
-NMAP_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap
+NMAP_DEPENDENCIES = liblinear libpcap
 NMAP_CONF_OPTS = --without-liblua --without-zenmap \
-	--with-libdnet=included --with-liblinear=included
+	--with-libdnet=included
 NMAP_LICENSE = nmap license
 NMAP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING