diff --git a/libs/kfilemetadata/DEPENDS b/libs/kfilemetadata/DEPENDS
index 60dd6147c..9dcd20fbe 100644
--- a/libs/kfilemetadata/DEPENDS
+++ b/libs/kfilemetadata/DEPENDS
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
 depends cmake
+depends kdelibs
+
+optional_depends poppler "" "" "ForA PDF rendering support"
+optional_depends ffmpeg "" "" "For Video Tag reader support"
+optional_depends exiv2  "" "" "For Image Tag reader support"
+optional_depends taglib "" "" "For Id3 tag reader support"
+optional_depends ebook-tools "" "" "For Ebook epub reader support"
+optional_depends kdegraphics-mobipocket "" "" "For Mobipocket epub reader support"
+