diff --git a/package/lighttpd/Config.in b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
index e9a5aa34f0..9f593a9228 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD
 	bool "lighttpd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_XXHASH
 	help
 	  lighttpd a secure, fast, compliant and very flexible
 	  web-server which has been optimized for high-performance
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index 98e84e8de8..5d53767263 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIGHTTPD_SITE = http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-$(LIGHTTPD_VERSIO
 LIGHTTPD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 LIGHTTPD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIGHTTPD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = lighttpd
-LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
+LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf xxhash
 LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dwith_brotli=false \
 	-Dwith_dbi=false \
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dwith_sasl=false \
 	-Dwith_wolfssl=false \
 	-Dwith_xattr=false \
-	-Dwith_xxhash=false \
+	-Dwith_xxhash=true \
 	-Dwith_zstd=false \
 	-Dbuild_extra_warnings=false \
 	-Dbuild_static=false \