diff --git a/packages/network/dropbear/meta b/packages/network/dropbear/meta
index 1fc5ee090b..f4add09994 100644
--- a/packages/network/dropbear/meta
+++ b/packages/network/dropbear/meta
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html"
 PKG_URL="http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib connman"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="security"