diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
index 998df16622..c59fc19986 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.python.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host bzip2:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain sqlite expat zlib bzip2 libressl libffi Python:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"