diff --git a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
index 0eaaa204fb..633ea3d532 100644
--- a/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
+++ b/package/lttng-babeltrace/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LTTNG_BABELTRACE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # libglib2, util-linux
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libglib2