diff --git a/package/opkg/Config.in b/package/opkg/Config.in
index df6ebff2a9..495ce91f3e 100644
--- a/package/opkg/Config.in
+++ b/package/opkg/Config.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG_GPG_SIGN
 	bool "gnupg support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPGME
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR
 	help
 	  Enable opkg package signature checking support using
 	  gnupg/libgpgme.
diff --git a/package/opkg/opkg.mk b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
index 5c79fc7e5d..bcf3f78057 100644
--- a/package/opkg/opkg.mk
+++ b/package/opkg/opkg.mk
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPKG_GPG_SIGN),y)
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-gpg
-OPKG_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_path_GPGME_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/gpgme-config
-OPKG_DEPENDENCIES += libgpgme
+OPKG_CONF_ENV += \
+	ac_cv_path_GPGME_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/gpgme-config \
+	ac_cv_path_GPGERR_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/gpg-error-config
+OPKG_DEPENDENCIES += libgpgme libgpg-error
 else
 OPKG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gpg
 endif