diff --git a/package/genimage/genimage.mk b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
index 6ed44a4c65..2c45a8dcae 100644
--- a/package/genimage/genimage.mk
+++ b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 GENIMAGE_VERSION        = 4
 GENIMAGE_SOURCE         = genimage-$(GENIMAGE_VERSION).tar.xz
 GENIMAGE_SITE           = http://www.pengutronix.de/software/genimage/download/
-GENIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES   = libconfuse
+GENIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES   = host-pkgconf libconfuse
 GENIMAGE_LICENSE        = GPLv2
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))