diff --git a/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk b/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
index 3c9c17d15d..28817c3ac3 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/pugixml/package.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="017139251c122dbff400a507cddc4cb74120a431a50c6c524f30edcc5b331ade"
 PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
 PKG_SITE="https://pugixml.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/zeux/pugixml/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support."
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"