diff --git a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
index 5298da2..1b8d59b 100644
--- a/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
+++ b/package/cla-sysrepo/Config.in
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPIOD
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCODEC
 	help
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