diff --git a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
index fea8b49..3f3a665 100644
--- a/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
+++ b/groups/231.native_packages_etc.group
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ zstd")";
 : ${PKG_XORRISO_VERSION:=1.5.2};
 : ${PKG_XORRISO_URL:=https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/xorriso-${PKG_XORRISO_VERSION}.tar.gz};
 : ${PKG_XORRISO_IN_TREE:=1};
+: ${PKG_XPDF_DEPENDS:="fontconfig"};
 : ${PKG_XPDF_SHA256SUM:=52d51dc943b9614b8da66e8662b3031a3c82dc25bfc792eac6b438aa36d549a4};
 : ${PKG_XPDF_VERSION:=4.02};
 : ${PKG_XPDF_URL:=https://dl.xpdfreader.com/xpdf-${PKG_XPDF_VERSION}.tar.gz};