diff --git a/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk b/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
index de21ec014..0341ed971 100644
--- a/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
+++ b/package/mpg123/mpg123.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ MPG123_CONF_OPTS = --disable-lfs-alias
 MPG123_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 MPG123_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 MPG123_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+MPG123_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 MPG123_CPU = $(if $(BR2_SOFT_FLOAT),generic_nofpu,generic_fpu)