diff --git a/package/mtd/mtd.mk b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
index fe40cf6c06..d3444c88f2 100644
--- a/package/mtd/mtd.mk
+++ b/package/mtd/mtd.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-lzo
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
-MTD_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+MTD_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf zlib
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-zlib
 else
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-zlib
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ endif
 MTD_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(MTD_LDFLAGS)"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MTD_JFFS_UTILS),y)
-MTD_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-jffs
 else
 MTD_CONF_OPTS += --without-jffs