diff --git a/package/qpdf/Config.in b/package/qpdf/Config.in
index e8ab9ba969..0b29b6f827 100644
--- a/package/qpdf/Config.in
+++ b/package/qpdf/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QPDF
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	help
 	  QPDF is a command-line program that does structural, content-
 	  preserving transformations on PDF files. It could have been called
diff --git a/package/qpdf/qpdf.mk b/package/qpdf/qpdf.mk
index 5b775401a6..27e4d09978 100644
--- a/package/qpdf/qpdf.mk
+++ b/package/qpdf/qpdf.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ QPDF_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/qpdf/qpdf/$(QPDF_VERSION)
 QPDF_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 QPDF_LICENSE = Artistic-2.0
 QPDF_LICENSE_FILES = Artistic-2.0
-QPDF_DEPENDENCIES = pcre zlib
+QPDF_DEPENDENCIES = pcre zlib jpeg
 
 QPDF_CONF_OPTS = --without-random