diff --git a/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk b/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
index e9df92b20e..e00fa09fb7 100644
--- a/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
+++ b/package/minidlna/minidlna.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ MINIDLNA_DEPENDENCIES = \
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 # the configure script / Makefile forgets to link with some of the dependent
 # libraries breaking static linking, so help it along
-MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libavcodec libexif libvorbis`
+MINIDLNA_PKGCONFIG_DEPS = libavcodec libexif vorbis sqlite3
+MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS += `$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs $(MINIDLNA_PKGCONFIG_DEPS)`
 MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS += $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),-lintl)
 MINIDLNA_CONF_ENV += LIBS="$(MINIDLNA_STATIC_LIBS)"
 else