diff --git a/package/librsvg/Config.in b/package/librsvg/Config.in
index fdb7d3109..855b3d643 100644
--- a/package/librsvg/Config.in
+++ b/package/librsvg/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRSVG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO_PNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PANGO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GDK_PIXBUF
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # glib2
 	help
 	  The rsvg library is an efficient renderer for Scalable
diff --git a/package/librsvg/librsvg.mk b/package/librsvg/librsvg.mk
index e54c06c37..745fcfa45 100644
--- a/package/librsvg/librsvg.mk
+++ b/package/librsvg/librsvg.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ LIBRSVG_SOURCE:=librsvg-$(LIBRSVG_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBRSVG_SITE:=http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/librsvg/$(LIBRSVG_VERSION_MAJOR)/
 LIBRSVG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBRSVG_CONF_OPT = --disable-tools
-LIBRSVG_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 cairo pango libglib2 libgtk2
+LIBRSVG_DEPENDENCIES = libxml2 cairo pango libglib2 gdk-pixbuf
+
+# If we have Gtk2, let's build it first to benefit from librsvg Gtk
+# support.
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2),y)
+LIBRSVG_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
+endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))