diff --git a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
index 16ce4b3784..8601cf45a8 100644
--- a/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
+++ b/package/multimedia/gst-plugins-bad/Config.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BAD
 	bool "gst-plugins-bad"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST_PLUGINS_BASE
 	help
 	  A set of plug-ins for GStreamer that may be of poor quality or
 	  lacking some features.