diff --git a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
index 3f30c614ed..b85ff7e558 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/alsa-utils/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_UTILS
 	bool "alsa-utils"
 	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB
 	help
 	  This package contains the command line utilities for the ALSA
 	  project.