diff --git a/package/dbus-broker/Config.in b/package/dbus-broker/Config.in
index c7206232da..aa6584c392 100644
--- a/package/dbus-broker/Config.in
+++ b/package/dbus-broker/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_BROKER
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_17
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG if BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT
 	help
 	  Linux D-Bus Message Broker.
 
diff --git a/package/dbus-broker/dbus-broker.mk b/package/dbus-broker/dbus-broker.mk
index c0a58de9ad..e82b79220d 100644
--- a/package/dbus-broker/dbus-broker.mk
+++ b/package/dbus-broker/dbus-broker.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ DBUS_BROKER_DEPENDENCIES = expat systemd
 DBUS_BROKER_CONF_OPTS = -Dlauncher=true
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_AUDIT),y)
-DBUS_BROKER_DEPENDENCIES += audit
+# libcap-ng selected from Config.in
+DBUS_BROKER_DEPENDENCIES += audit libcap-ng
 DBUS_BROKER_CONF_OPTS += -Daudit=true
 else
 DBUS_BROKER_CONF_OPTS += -Daudit=false