diff --git a/package/qwt/qwt.mk b/package/qwt/qwt.mk
index e0ffec765f..a82c786cb1 100644
--- a/package/qwt/qwt.mk
+++ b/package/qwt/qwt.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ QWT_CONFIG += -e 's%/features%/mkspecs/features%'
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_QWT_SVG),y)
 QWT_CONFIG += -e 's/^.*QWT_CONFIG.*QwtSvg.*$$/QWT_CONFIG += QwtSvg/'
+QWT_DEPENDENCIES += qt5svg
 else
 QWT_CONFIG += -e 's/^.*QWT_CONFIG.*QwtSvg.*$$/\# QWT_CONFIG += QwtSvg/'
 endif