diff --git a/package/mpv/Config.in b/package/mpv/Config.in
index 0f5aa970f2..36617e56f9 100644
--- a/package/mpv/Config.in
+++ b/package/mpv/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MPV
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	# Select xkbcommon for wayland to avoid being misterious
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXKBCOMMON if BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND
 	help
 	  mpv is a fork of mplayer2 and MPlayer. It shares some features
 	  with the former projects while introducing many more.
diff --git a/package/mpv/mpv.mk b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
index 0032eb5857..605e8912ff 100644
--- a/package/mpv/mpv.mk
+++ b/package/mpv/mpv.mk
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ endif
 # wayland support
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_WAYLAND),y)
 MPV_CONF_OPTS += --enable-wayland
-MPV_DEPENDENCIES += wayland
+MPV_DEPENDENCIES += libxkbcommon wayland
 else
 MPV_CONF_OPTS += --disable-wayland
 endif