diff --git a/package/kismet/kismet.mk b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
index 64a0ab2769..f4a28b86dc 100644
--- a/package/kismet/kismet.mk
+++ b/package/kismet/kismet.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ KISMET_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
 # We touch configure.in:
 KISMET_AUTORECONF = YES
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
+KISMET_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
 KISMET_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
 endif