diff --git a/package/libglib2/Config.in b/package/libglib2/Config.in
index db6a950661..7cbfea5dce 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libglib2/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP if BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gettext
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS