diff --git a/package/mtr/mtr.mk b/package/mtr/mtr.mk
index 263482534e..7198cbcc1c 100644
--- a/package/mtr/mtr.mk
+++ b/package/mtr/mtr.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ MTR_VERSION = 0.93
 MTR_SITE = $(call github,traviscross,mtr,v$(MTR_VERSION))
 MTR_AUTORECONF = YES
 MTR_CONF_OPTS = --without-gtk
-MTR_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),ncurses)
+MTR_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-pkgconf \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),libcap) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),ncurses)
 MTR_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 MTR_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MTR_SELINUX_MODULES = netutils