diff --git a/package/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.mk b/package/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.mk
index be006f10e1..6b90c43c3e 100644
--- a/package/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.mk
+++ b/package/dvdauthor/dvdauthor.mk
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG),y)
 DVDAUTHOR_DEPENDENCIES += fontconfig
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFRIBIDI),y)
+DVDAUTHOR_DEPENDENCIES += libfribidi
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_DVDAUTHOR_DVDUNAUTHOR),y)
 DVDAUTHOR_DEPENDENCIES += libdvdread
 DVDAUTHOR_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dvdunauthor