diff --git a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/Config.in b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/Config.in
index 6fabd48164..a06071e783 100644
--- a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/Config.in
+++ b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/Config.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ADWAITA_ICON_THEME
 	bool "adwaita icon theme"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3
 	help
 	  Adwaita icon theme
diff --git a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
index e273d90e65..f9a6b50516 100644
--- a/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
+++ b/package/adwaita-icon-theme/adwaita-icon-theme.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SITE = ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/adwaita-icon-the
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_SOURCE = adwaita-icon-theme-$(ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_VERSION).tar.xz
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE = LGPLv3 or CC-BY-SA-3.0
 ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING_LGPL COPYING_CCBYSA3
-ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool
+ADWAITA_ICON_THEME_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-libgtk3
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))