diff --git a/package/firewalld/Config.in b/package/firewalld/Config.in
index cc8411b34d..407f57c604 100644
--- a/package/firewalld/Config.in
+++ b/package/firewalld/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FIREWALLD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JANSSON # Uses the nftables json interface
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NFTABLES
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NFTABLES_JSON # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_GOBJECT
 	help