diff --git a/package/quota/Config.in b/package/quota/Config.in
index 051a765570..0b7b5b8946 100644
--- a/package/quota/Config.in
+++ b/package/quota/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QUOTA
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libtirpc
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC_RPCDB if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC
 	help
 	  Implementation of the disk quota system.