diff --git a/package/snort3/Config.in b/package/snort3/Config.in
index 9b96e7cb58..7171603aa3 100644
--- a/package/snort3/Config.in
+++ b/package/snort3/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SNORT3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LUAJIT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC_RPCDB if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help