diff --git a/package/xen/Config.in b/package/xen/Config.in
index 57ab40eba8..af6acd3530 100644
--- a/package/xen/Config.in
+++ b/package/xen/Config.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XEN_TOOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PIXMAN
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SLIRP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_YAJL
diff --git a/package/xen/xen.mk b/package/xen/xen.mk
index ee5e9847fe..337aa21ca4 100644
--- a/package/xen/xen.mk
+++ b/package/xen/xen.mk
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ XEN_CONF_OPTS += --disable-xen
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XEN_TOOLS),y)
-XEN_DEPENDENCIES += dtc libaio libglib2 ncurses openssl pixman util-linux yajl
+XEN_DEPENDENCIES += \
+	dtc libaio libglib2 ncurses openssl pixman slirp util-linux yajl
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE),y)
 XEN_DEPENDENCIES += argp-standalone
 endif