diff --git a/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk b/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
index 839e7ee3e8..2348155cb8 100644
--- a/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
+++ b/package/trace-cmd/trace-cmd.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ TRACE_CMD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
 
 TRACE_CMD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT),y)
+TRACE_CMD_DEPENDENCIES += audit
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 TRACE_CMD_DEPENDENCIES += python host-swig
 TRACE_CMD_MAKE_OPTS = PYTHON_VERS=python