diff --git a/package/weston/weston.mk b/package/weston/weston.mk
index 5d2c829b3a..38647bd627 100644
--- a/package/weston/weston.mk
+++ b/package/weston/weston.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WESTON_SOURCE = weston-$(WESTON_VERSION).tar.xz
 WESTON_LICENSE = MIT
 WESTON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-WESTON_DEPENDENCIES = wayland libxkbcommon pixman libpng \
+WESTON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf wayland libxkbcommon pixman libpng \
 	jpeg mtdev udev cairo
 WESTON_CONF_OPT = \
 	--disable-egl \