diff --git a/package/gdal/Config.in b/package/gdal/Config.in
index ee7209566a..24a1f06af2 100644
--- a/package/gdal/Config.in
+++ b/package/gdal/Config.in
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_GDAL
 	bool "gdal"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # json-c
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # proj
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # proj, qhull
 	# configure can't find proj, when linking statically
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_7 # C++11, proj
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_BINUTILS_BUG_27597
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # proj
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # proj
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GIFLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_C
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGEOTIFF
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROJ
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QHULL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial
diff --git a/package/gdal/gdal.mk b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
index 3f39aa657a..7ab4f1a331 100644
--- a/package/gdal/gdal.mk
+++ b/package/gdal/gdal.mk
@@ -20,16 +20,28 @@ GDAL_SUPPORTS_IN_SOURCE_BUILD = NO
 # enabled but it seems, in contrast to mrf driver support, that they
 # can be implicitly disabled, by configuring gdal without their
 # respectively needed dependencies.
-GDAL_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf jpeg json-c libgeotiff libpng proj tiff zlib
+GDAL_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	giflib \
+	host-pkgconf \
+	jpeg \
+	json-c \
+	libgeotiff \
+	libpng \
+	proj \
+	qhull \
+	tiff \
+	zlib
 
 # Yes, even though they have -DDGDAL_USE options, a few libraries are
 # mandatory. If we don't provide them, bundled versions are used.
 GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_GEOTIFF=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_GIF=ON \
 	-DGDAL_USE_JPEG=ON \
 	-DGDAL_USE_JSONC=ON \
 	-DGDAL_USE_ZLIB=ON \
 	-DGDAL_USE_PNG=ON \
+	-DGDAL_USE_QHULL=ON \
 	-DGDAL_USE_ARMADILLO=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_BLOSC=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_BRUNSLI=OFF \
@@ -57,7 +69,6 @@ GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_KDU=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_KEA=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_LERC=OFF \
-	-DGDAL_USE_GIF=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_LIBLZMA=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_DEFLATE=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_MONGOCXX=OFF \
@@ -76,7 +87,6 @@ GDAL_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DGDAL_USE_PDFIUM=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_PODOFO=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_POPPLER=OFF \
-	-DGDAL_USE_QHULL=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_RASDAMAN=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_RASTERLITE2=OFF \
 	-DGDAL_USE_RDB=OFF \