diff --git a/package/motion/motion.mk b/package/motion/motion.mk
index 3a1cfde0e7..a8fb81b86f 100644
--- a/package/motion/motion.mk
+++ b/package/motion/motion.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 MOTION_VERSION = release-4.2.2
 MOTION_SITE = $(call github,motion-project,motion,$(MOTION_VERSION))
 MOTION_AUTORECONF = YES
-MOTION_DEPENDENCIES = ffmpeg jpeg libmicrohttpd
+MOTION_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf ffmpeg jpeg libmicrohttpd
 MOTION_CONF_OPTS = --without-pgsql \
                    --without-sdl \
                    --without-sqlite3 \