diff --git a/package/wget/wget.mk b/package/wget/wget.mk
index b19c98722..bd8e3789d 100644
--- a/package/wget/wget.mk
+++ b/package/wget/wget.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 WGET_VERSION = 1.16.1
 WGET_SOURCE = wget-$(WGET_VERSION).tar.xz
 WGET_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/wget
+WGET_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 WGET_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 WGET_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING