diff --git a/package/freerdp/Config.in b/package/freerdp/Config.in
index 2e879b47e..f7d655095 100644
--- a/package/freerdp/Config.in
+++ b/package/freerdp/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERDP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE if BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_APP if BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
 	help
 	  FreeRDP is a free implementation of the Remote Desktop
 	  Protocol (RDP), released under the Apache license
diff --git a/package/freerdp/freerdp.mk b/package/freerdp/freerdp.mk
index c7c933e17..0d10ef853 100644
--- a/package/freerdp/freerdp.mk
+++ b/package/freerdp/freerdp.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ FREERDP_CONF_OPTS = -DWITH_MANPAGES=OFF -Wno-dev
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER),y)
 FREERDP_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=ON
-FREERDP_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer
+# freerdp needs gstinterface and gstapp from gst-plugins-base
+FREERDP_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer gst-plugins-base
 else
 FREERDP_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=OFF
 endif