diff --git a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
index 873a9aa..c1c7723 100644
--- a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
+++ b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPIOD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCODEC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBEV
 	help
 	  Control CzechLight devices over YANG with sysrepo
diff --git a/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk b/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
index e506310..f5e9239 100644
--- a/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
+++ b/package/cla-sysrepo/cla-sysrepo.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 CLA_SYSREPO_SITE = ssh://kundrat@cesnet.cz@gerrit.cesnet.cz:29418/CzechLight/cla-sysrepo
 CLA_SYSREPO_SITE_METHOD = git
 CLA_SYSREPO_INSTALL_STAGING = NO
-CLA_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = sysrepo docopt-cpp spdlog systemd libgpiod boost cppcodec
+CLA_SYSREPO_DEPENDENCIES = sysrepo docopt-cpp spdlog systemd libgpiod boost cppcodec libev
 CLA_SYSREPO_CONF_OPTS = -DTHREADS_PTHREAD_ARG:STRING=-pthread
 CLA_SYSREPO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md