diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index e46f6d931f..545c7d1f80 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="cbc9102f4a31a8dafd42d642e9a3aa31e79a0aedaa1f6efd2795ebc83174ec18"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${PKG_VERSION//./_}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Expat is an XML parser library written in C."
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/atf/package.mk b/packages/tools/atf/package.mk
index d48dc715dd..4fae2d031f 100644
--- a/packages/tools/atf/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/atf/package.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="arm aarch64"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD-3c"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain gcc-arm-aarch64-linux-gnu"
 PKG_LONGDESC="ARM Trusted Firmware is a reference implementation of secure world software, including a Secure Monitor executing at Exception Level 3 and various Arm interface standards."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="manual"
 PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"
diff --git a/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk b/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
index dcb8fb5916..e540df0ad6 100644
--- a/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="14343cb204aaff386206ea27e39e93d6e35d9a797222e8426f95e57828ca6b94"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/"
 PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/snapshot/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Device Tree Compiler"