diff --git a/package/libblockdev/Config.in b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
index 08d618945b..e9e9faaa05 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/Config.in
+++ b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_LVM2
 	bool "lvm2"
 	depends on BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE # parted
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # parted
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_JSON_GLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PARTED
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LVM2
diff --git a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
index e5cbe45b93..89a398c6e5 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
+++ b/package/libblockdev/libblockdev.mk
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ LIBBLOCKDEV_CONF_OPTS += --without-loop
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_LVM2),y)
-LIBBLOCKDEV_DEPENDENCIES += libyaml lvm2 parted
+LIBBLOCKDEV_DEPENDENCIES += json-glib libyaml lvm2 parted
 LIBBLOCKDEV_CONF_OPTS += --with-lvm
 else
 LIBBLOCKDEV_CONF_OPTS += --without-lvm