diff --git a/openwrt/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.control b/openwrt/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.control
index 1c24c55edb..8817389820 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.control
+++ b/openwrt/package/tcpdump/tcpdump.control
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ Section: net
 Maintainer: Felix Fietkau <nbd@vd-s.ath.cx>
 Source: buildroot internal
 Description: A tool for network monitoring and data acquisition.
+Depends: libpcap