diff --git a/package/pkcs11-helper/pkcs11-helper.mk b/package/pkcs11-helper/pkcs11-helper.mk
index 24e0c65d84..a95340daf7 100644
--- a/package/pkcs11-helper/pkcs11-helper.mk
+++ b/package/pkcs11-helper/pkcs11-helper.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PKCS11_HELPER_VERSION = 1.26
 PKCS11_HELPER_SITE = $(call github,OpenSC,pkcs11-helper,pkcs11-helper-$(PKCS11_HELPER_VERSION))
 PKCS11_HELPER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 PKCS11_HELPER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.BSD COPYING.GPL
+PKCS11_HELPER_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 PKCS11_HELPER_AUTORECONF = YES
 PKCS11_HELPER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES