diff --git a/core/src/xmake/xmake.sh b/core/src/xmake/xmake.sh
index dc45ecbca..d0e0d0069 100755
--- a/core/src/xmake/xmake.sh
+++ b/core/src/xmake/xmake.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ target "xmake"
 
     # add deps
     if has_config "external"; then
+        add_deps "sv"
+        add_deps "tbox"
         local libs="lz4 sv tbox"
         for lib in $libs; do
             if has_config "$lib"; then
diff --git a/core/xmake.sh b/core/xmake.sh
index 2ae2e686b..6ea8c1b69 100755
--- a/core/xmake.sh
+++ b/core/xmake.sh
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ if ! has_config "external"; then
     includes "src/lz4"
     includes "src/sv"
     includes "src/tbox"
+else
+    includes "src/sv"
+    includes "src/tbox"
 fi
 includes "src/xmake"
 includes "src/cli"