diff --git a/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/Config.in b/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/Config.in
index bc4d1394ef..4beac048af 100644
--- a/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/Config.in
+++ b/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ comment "erlang-p1-stringprep needs a toolchain w/ C++"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP
 	bool "erlang-p1-stringprep"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ERLANG_P1_UTILS
 	help
 	  Erlang interface to stringprep
 
diff --git a/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/erlang-p1-stringprep.mk b/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/erlang-p1-stringprep.mk
index 0a5a1f548d..3bc8c7290b 100644
--- a/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/erlang-p1-stringprep.mk
+++ b/package/erlang-p1-stringprep/erlang-p1-stringprep.mk
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_VERSION = 1.0.0
 ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_SITE = $(call github,processone,stringprep,$(ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_VERSION))
 ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_LICENSE = TCL (tools/*.tcl), Apache-2.0 (rest)
 ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.ALL LICENSE.TCL LICENSE.txt
+ERLANG_P1_STRINGPREP_DEPENDENCIES = erlang-p1-utils
 
 $(eval $(rebar-package))