diff --git a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
index b949c9f9d6..701840a871 100644
--- a/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/libevent2/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:libevent_project:libevent
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	CONFIG_PACKAGE_libevent2-openssl \
+	CONFIG_PACKAGE_libevent2-pthreads \
 	CONFIG_PACKAGE_libevent2-mbedtls
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk