diff --git a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
index ee983df0f..9995d913d 100644
--- a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
+++ b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIBGPGME_SOURCE = gpgme-$(LIBGPGME_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGPGME_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 LIBGPGME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSER
 LIBGPGME_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBGPGME_DEPENDENCIES = libassuan libgpg-error
 
 # libgpgme, needs to know the gpg binary path on the target.
 LIBGPGME_CONF_OPT = --with-gpg=/usr/bin/gpg \
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ LIBGPGME_CONF_OPT = --with-gpg=/usr/bin/gpg \
 	--without-gpgsm \
 	--without-gpgconf \
 	--without-g13
-LIBGPGME_DEPENDENCIES = libassuan libgpg-error
+
+# Handle argp-standalone or it errors out during build
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),yy)
+LIBGPGME_CONF_ENV += LIBS="-largp"
+LIBGPGME_DEPENDENCIES += argp-standalone
+endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))