diff --git a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
index 95918392d3..9b9ca18a39 100644
--- a/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/u-boot-tools/package.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PKG_VERSION="$(get_pkg_version u-boot)"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host openssl:host pkg-config:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host bison:host flex:host gnutls:host openssl:host pkg-config:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems."
 PKG_DEPENDS_UNPACK+=" u-boot"
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ unpack() {
 }
 
 make_host() {
-  make qemu-x86_64_defconfig HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
+  make tools-only_defconfig HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
   make tools-only HOSTCC="${HOST_CC}" HOSTCFLAGS="-I${TOOLCHAIN}/include" HOSTLDFLAGS="${HOST_LDFLAGS}"
 }