diff --git a/general/package/quirc-openipc/Config.in b/general/package/quirc-openipc/Config.in
index 03bb0381..a6ef154e 100644
--- a/general/package/quirc-openipc/Config.in
+++ b/general/package/quirc-openipc/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_QUIRC_OPENIPC
 	bool "quirc"
+  select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBJPEG
 	help
 	  QR codes are a type of high-density matrix barcodes, and quirc is a library for extracting and decoding them from images.