diff --git a/package/brltty/brltty.mk b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
index eb91ef8ff7..df3e9c7888 100644
--- a/package/brltty/brltty.mk
+++ b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ BRLTTY_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS = INSTALL_ROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) install
 BRLTTY_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = INSTALL_ROOT=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 BRLTTY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-GPL LICENSE-LGPL
 
-BRLTTY_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-autoconf host-pkgconf
+BRLTTY_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-autoconf host-pkgconf \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AT_SPI2_CORE),at-spi2-core)
 
 BRLTTY_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-java-bindings \