diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/Config.in b/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
index b736f6c973..bd1e091331 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_NFS_UTILS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libtirpc, rpcbind
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC # IPv6 requires libtirpc
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	help
 	  The NFS Linux kernel server.
 
diff --git a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
index 51a35028e2..0b4bca4772 100644
--- a/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/nfs-utils/nfs-utils.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ NFS_UTILS_SOURCE = nfs-utils-$(NFS_UTILS_VERSION).tar.xz
 NFS_UTILS_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/nfs-utils/$(NFS_UTILS_VERSION)
 NFS_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 NFS_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-nfs-utils host-pkgconf libtirpc
+NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-nfs-utils host-pkgconf libtirpc util-linux
 NFS_UTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = linux-nfs
 NFS_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 
@@ -59,9 +59,8 @@ else
 NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-caps
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID)$(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID),yy)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBBLKID),y)
 NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-uuid
-NFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
 else
 NFS_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-uuid
 endif