diff --git a/package/guile/Config.in b/package/guile/Config.in
index 8f86e9f20d..6859caff61 100644
--- a/package/guile/Config.in
+++ b/package/guile/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GUILE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BDWGC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTOOL
 	help
 	  Guile is an interpreter and compiler for the Scheme
 	  programming language, a clean and elegant dialect of Lisp.