diff --git a/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk b/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
index 7dc796fe2a..24b1b0b24d 100644
--- a/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/arm-mem/package.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/bavison/arm-mem"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/bavison/arm-mem/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain arm-mem"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="arm-mem: ARM-accelerated versions of selected functions from string.h"