diff --git a/package/libsoc/libsoc.mk b/package/libsoc/libsoc.mk
index 19a8c424a9..bbc33143cc 100644
--- a/package/libsoc/libsoc.mk
+++ b/package/libsoc/libsoc.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIBSOC_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 LIBSOC_LICENSE_FILES = LICENCE
 LIBSOC_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBSOC_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBSOC_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 # Install Python 2 bindings
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)