diff --git a/package/python-bitstring/Config.in b/package/python-bitstring/Config.in
index 93d7682577..82d0bb29c6 100644
--- a/package/python-bitstring/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-bitstring/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BITSTRING
 	bool "python-bitstring"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BITARRAY # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime
 	help
 	  Simple construction, analysis and modification of binary data.