diff --git a/package/libglu/libglu.mk b/package/libglu/libglu.mk
index 038d281c59..0e5242f85e 100644
--- a/package/libglu/libglu.mk
+++ b/package/libglu/libglu.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ LIBGLU_LICENSE_FILES = include/GL/glu.h
 LIBGLU_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # upstream does not distribute a autoconf´ed configure script
 LIBGLU_AUTORECONF = YES
-LIBGLU_DEPENDENCIES = libgl
+LIBGLU_DEPENDENCIES = libgl host-pkgconf
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))