diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index 2f2e200bb5..3c85be0558 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-statedir=/run/nfs \
 	--with-rpcgen=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/rpcgen
 
-HOST_NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libtirpc
+HOST_NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libtirpc host-libevent host-sqlite
 
 HOST_NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--enable-tirpc \