diff --git a/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk b/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
index 31a6822dd3..4f87886ba0 100644
--- a/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
+++ b/package/libcoap/libcoap.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIBCOAP_SITE = $(call github,obgm,libcoap,$(LIBCOAP_VERSION))
 LIBCOAP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBCOAP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or BSD-2-Clause
 LIBCOAP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LICENSE.GPL LICENSE.BSD
+LIBCOAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 LIBCOAP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-examples
 LIBCOAP_AUTORECONF = YES