diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
index 005bf0cab0..a915719fab 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.46/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib libffi pcre Python:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="libffi:host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="glib: C support library"