diff --git a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
index 7110e39083..e272d5c1dc 100644
--- a/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
+++ b/package/gvfs/gvfs.mk
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ else
 GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-nfs
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP),y)
-GVFS_DEPENDENCIES += libsoup
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),yy)
+GVFS_DEPENDENCIES += libsoup libxml2
 GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-http
 else
 GVFS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-http