diff --git a/package/sdl2_net/sdl2_net.mk b/package/sdl2_net/sdl2_net.mk
index 2fa4a8c2e0..93bf3a2eb3 100644
--- a/package/sdl2_net/sdl2_net.mk
+++ b/package/sdl2_net/sdl2_net.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ SDL2_NET_SITE = http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_net/release
 SDL2_NET_LICENSE = Zlib
 SDL2_NET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.txt
 SDL2_NET_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-SDL2_NET_DEPENDENCIES = sdl2
+SDL2_NET_DEPENDENCIES = sdl2 host-pkgconf
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))