diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index 4b2f5c8bde61bf8fe651f90c56d82e8360e3b93c..8d8a9fd30659a3c40b7943b5e6fa2af589723f63 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ sub mconf_depends {
 		$depend =~ s/^([@\+]+)// and $flags = $1;
 		my $condition = $parent_condition;
 
+		$depend = $2 if	$depend =~ /^(.+):(.+)$/ and $dep->{$1} eq 'select';
+
 		next if $condition eq $depend;
 		next if $seen->{"$parent_condition:$depend"};
 		next if $seen->{":$depend"};