diff --git a/packages/libstrophe/build.sh b/packages/libstrophe/build.sh
index 72107085b..f079373d0 100644
--- a/packages/libstrophe/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libstrophe/build.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.10.1
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe/releases/download/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/libstrophe-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4918c47029ecdea2deab4b0f9336ca4a8bb12c28b72b2cec397d98664b94c771
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl, libexpat"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl, libexpat, c-ares"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--enable-cares"
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	./bootstrap.sh