diff --git a/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk b/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
index c9f9ebc89c..86639ccc6d 100644
--- a/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
+++ b/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ POLICYCOREUTILS_MAKE_DIRS = \
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POLICYCOREUTILS_RESTORECOND),y)
 POLICYCOREUTILS_MAKE_DIRS += restorecond
+POLICYCOREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2
 endif
 # We need to pass DESTDIR at build time because it's used by
 # policycoreutils build system to find headers and libraries.