diff --git a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
index aa3fdc489d..df159c5ef4 100644
--- a/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
+++ b/package/pipewire/pipewire.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SDL2),y)
 PIPEWIRE_DEPENDENCIES += sdl2
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11),y)
+PIPEWIRE_DEPENDENCIES += xlib_libX11
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PIPEWIRE_GSTREAMER),y)
 PIPEWIRE_CONF_OPTS += -Dgstreamer=enabled
 PIPEWIRE_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2 gstreamer1 gst1-plugins-base