diff --git a/package/utils/nvram/Makefile b/package/utils/nvram/Makefile
index acefe8aec1..99897e6f70 100644
--- a/package/utils/nvram/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/nvram/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define Package/nvram
   CATEGORY:=Base system
   TITLE:=Userspace port of the Broadcom NVRAM manipulation tool
   MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <xm@subsignal.org>
-  DEPENDS:=@TARGET_brcm47xx||@TARGET_bcm53xx||@TARGET_ar71xx
+  DEPENDS:=@TARGET_brcm47xx||@TARGET_bcm53xx||@TARGET_ar71xx||@TARGET_ath79
 endef
 
 define Package/nvram/description