diff --git a/package/apr/apr.mk b/package/apr/apr.mk
index 69524a6f3d..0fed19c54d 100644
--- a/package/apr/apr.mk
+++ b/package/apr/apr.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ APR_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # We have a patch touching configure.in and Makefile.in,
 # so we need to autoreconf:
 APR_AUTORECONF = YES
+
 APR_CONF_ENV = \
 	CC_FOR_BUILD="$(HOSTCC)" \
 	CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ endif
 # Fix lfs detection when cross compiling
 APR_CONF_ENV += apr_cv_use_lfs64=yes
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),y)
+APR_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
+endif
+
 define APR_CLEANUP_UNNEEDED_FILES
 	$(RM) -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/build-1/
 endef