diff --git a/package/unionfs/unionfs.mk b/package/unionfs/unionfs.mk
index e2ffd72f53..eb8109ecbb 100644
--- a/package/unionfs/unionfs.mk
+++ b/package/unionfs/unionfs.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 UNIONFS_VERSION = 0.26
 UNIONFS_SITE = http://podgorny.cz/unionfs-fuse/releases
 UNIONFS_SOURCE = unionfs-fuse-$(UNIONFS_VERSION).tar.xz
-UNIONFS_DEPENDENCIES = libfuse
+UNIONFS_DEPENDENCIES = libfuse host-pkg-config
 UNIONFS_LICENSE = BSD-3c
 UNIONFS_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE