diff --git a/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk b/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
index 5291f9474b..b34962c4ad 100644
--- a/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
+++ b/package/libsoxr/libsoxr.mk
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ else
 LIBSOXR_CONF_OPTS += -DHAVE_WORDS_BIGENDIAN=0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG),y)
+LIBSOXR_DEPENDENCIES += ffmpeg
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))