diff --git a/utils/collectd/Makefile b/utils/collectd/Makefile
index 76a22cbe98..7d59416cc5 100644
--- a/utils/collectd/Makefile
+++ b/utils/collectd/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS:=no-mips16
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=PACKAGE_collectd-mod-write-prometheus:protobuf-c/host
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	PACKAGE_COLLECTD_ENCRYPTED_NETWORK \
@@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ COLLECTD_PLUGINS_DISABLED:= \
 	write_kafka \
 	write_log \
 	write_mongodb \
-	write_prometheus \
 	write_redis \
 	write_riemann \
 	write_sensu \
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ COLLECTD_PLUGINS_SELECTED:= \
 	vmem \
 	wireless \
 	write_graphite \
-	write_http
+	write_http \
+	write_prometheus
 
 PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:= \
 	$(patsubst %,CONFIG_PACKAGE_collectd-mod-%,$(subst _,-,$(COLLECTD_PLUGINS_SELECTED))) \
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,vmem,virtual memory usage input,vmem,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,wireless,wireless status input,wireless,))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,write-graphite,Carbon/Graphite output,write_graphite,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-write-graphite:libpthread))
 $(eval $(call BuildPlugin,write-http,HTTP POST output,write_http,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-write-http:libcurl))
+$(eval $(call BuildPlugin,write-prometheus,Prometheus output,write_prometheus,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-write-prometheus:libprotobuf-c +PACKAGE_collectd-mod-write-prometheus:libmicrohttpd))
 
 $(eval $(call BuildScriptPlugin,sqm,SQM/qdisc collection,sqm_collectd,+PACKAGE_collectd-mod-sqm:collectd-mod-exec))
 $(eval $(call BuildScriptLuaPlugin,ltq-dsl,Lantiq DSL collection,dsl,@ltq-dsl-app +PACKAGE_collectd-mod-ltq-dsl:collectd-mod-lua +libubus-lua))