diff --git a/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile b/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
index e85a482970604786caa5eab1c61f45bdc0b97bdb..dd8aa344b41472fbc23f03f27f55e1c2625b1b1f 100644
--- a/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
+++ b/package/devel/oprofile/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ define Package/oprofile
   CATEGORY:=Development
   TITLE:=OProfile System Profiler
   URL:=http://oprofile.sourceforge.net
-  DEPENDS:=+libpopt +kmod-oprofile +libstdcpp +objdump @(!TARGET_uml||BROKEN)
+  DEPENDS:=+libpopt +kmod-oprofile +libstdcpp +objdump +librt @(!TARGET_uml||BROKEN)
 endef
 
 define Package/oprofile/description