diff --git a/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk b/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
index b44ec53fd5..d6434735cf 100644
--- a/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
+++ b/package/omniorb/omniorb.mk
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ HOST_OMNIORB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-longdouble
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 OMNIORB_CONF_OPTS += --with-openssl
-OMNIORB_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+OMNIORB_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf openssl
 else
 OMNIORB_CONF_OPTS += --without-openssl
 endif