diff --git a/package/nmap/Config.in b/package/nmap/Config.in
index 79f587afd1..1f2f996a64 100644
--- a/package/nmap/Config.in
+++ b/package/nmap/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NMAP
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBLINEAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPCAP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	help
diff --git a/package/nmap/nmap.mk b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
index f776660863..3110dfeba9 100644
--- a/package/nmap/nmap.mk
+++ b/package/nmap/nmap.mk
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 NMAP_VERSION = 7.60
 NMAP_SITE = https://nmap.org/dist
 NMAP_SOURCE = nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION).tar.bz2
-NMAP_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap pcre host-autoconf
+NMAP_DEPENDENCIES = libpcap liblinear pcre host-autoconf
 NMAP_CONF_OPTS = --without-liblua --without-zenmap \
-	--with-libdnet=included --with-liblinear=included \
+	--with-libdnet=included \
 	--with-libpcre="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" --without-ncat
 NMAP_LICENSE = nmap license
 NMAP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING