diff --git a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
index 4c9958d497..3f1fe989cf 100644
--- a/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
+++ b/package/sngrep/sngrep.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl --without-gnutls
 # gnutls support also requires libgcrypt
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),yy)
-SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls
+SNGREP_CONF_ENV += LIBGCRYPT_CONFIG=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/libgcrypt-config
+SNGREP_DEPENDENCIES += gnutls libgcrypt
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --with-gnutls --without-openssl
 else
 SNGREP_CONF_OPTS += --without-gnutls --without-openssl