diff --git a/packages/security/gnutls/package.mk b/packages/security/gnutls/package.mk
index 1c4dfcd0d9..2fc564506a 100644
--- a/packages/security/gnutls/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/gnutls/package.mk
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ PKG_SHA256="0ea0d11a1660a1e63f960f157b197abe6d0c8cb3255be24e1fb3815930b9bdc5"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL2.1"
 PKG_SITE="https://gnutls.org"
 PKG_URL="https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnutls/v${PKG_VERSION:0:3}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host libidn2:host nettle:host zlib:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain libidn2 nettle zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="A library which provides a secure layer over a reliable transport layer."
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-doc \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_COMMON="--disable-doc \
                            --disable-full-test-suite \
                            --disable-guile \
                            --disable-libdane \
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-doc \
                            --without-p11-kit \
                            --without-tpm"
 
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_HOST="${PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_COMMON}"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="${PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_COMMON}"
+
 post_configure_target() {
   libtool_remove_rpath libtool
 }