diff --git a/package/velia/Config.in b/package/velia/Config.in
index 5932a39..99d85e1 100644
--- a/package/velia/Config.in
+++ b/package/velia/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SDBUS_CPP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSREPO
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSREPO_CPP
 	help
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diff --git a/package/velia/velia.mk b/package/velia/velia.mk
index 99f5760..b09a0e9 100644
--- a/package/velia/velia.mk
+++ b/package/velia/velia.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 VELIA_SITE = https://gerrit.cesnet.cz/CzechLight/velia
 VELIA_SITE_METHOD = git
 VELIA_INSTALL_STAGING = NO
-VELIA_DEPENDENCIES = docopt-cpp spdlog boost sdbus-cpp systemd
+VELIA_DEPENDENCIES = docopt-cpp spdlog boost sdbus-cpp systemd sysrepo
 VELIA_CONF_OPTS = -DTHREADS_PTHREAD_ARG:STRING=-pthread
 VELIA_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 VELIA_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.md