diff --git a/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk b/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
index 1e02ec56e0..21422b2c0a 100644
--- a/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
+++ b/package/libpcap/libpcap.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIBPCAP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LIBPCAP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = tcpdump
 LIBPCAP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBPCAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison host-pkgconf
+HOST_LIBPCAP_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison host-pkgconf
 
 # ac_cv_prog_cc_c99 is required for BR2_USE_WCHAR=n because the C99 test
 # provided by autoconf relies on wchar_t.
@@ -23,6 +24,13 @@ LIBPCAP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-yydebug --with-pcap=linux --without-dag \
 	--without-dpdk
 # Disable dbus to break recursive dependencies
 LIBPCAP_CONF_OPTS += --disable-dbus
+HOST_LIBPCAP_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--disable-bluetooth \
+	--disable-dbus \
+	--disable-yydebug \
+	--with-pcap=linux \
+	--without-dag \
+	--without-libnl
 LIBPCAP_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = pcap-config
 
 # Omit -rpath from pcap-config output
@@ -50,3 +58,4 @@ LIBPCAP_CFLAGS += -fPIC
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(host-autotools-package))