diff --git a/package/avahi/avahi.mk b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
index fa05de3d43..8e2d14f6e0 100644
--- a/package/avahi/avahi.mk
+++ b/package/avahi/avahi.mk
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ AVAHI_CONF_OPT = --localstatedir=/var \
 		--with-autoipd-user=default \
 		--with-autoipd-group=default
 
-AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext libintl) host-intltool
+AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext libintl) host-intltool host-pkg-config
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_DAEMON)$(BR2_PACKAGE_AVAHI_AUTOIPD),)
 AVAHI_DEPENDENCIES += libdaemon