diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index 3ca0f4cb15..73b6024c7f 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://expat.sourceforge.net/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host autotools"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="ccache:host autoconf:host automake:host libtool:host intltool:host autoconf-archive:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="textproc"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="expat: XML parser library"