diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
index 8ad9a8ef81..e9c8239f79 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/Config.in
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_PLAYBACK
 	bool "playback (mandatory)"
 	default y
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_SUBPARSE
-	bool "subparse"
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_TCP
 	bool "tcp"
 
@@ -92,6 +89,10 @@ comment "pango plugin needs a toolchain w/ C++"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_SUBPARSE
+	bool "subparse"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_THEORA
 	bool "theora (*.ogg video)"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTHEORA
diff --git a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
index e1374ed801..51c22a90bb 100644
--- a/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
+++ b/package/gstreamer/gst-plugins-base/gst-plugins-base.mk
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_SUBPARSE),y)
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-subparse
+GST_PLUGINS_BASE_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 else
 GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-subparse
 endif