diff --git a/packages/linux/meta b/packages/linux/meta
index b18e0ac9f1..bebc6e04d5 100644
--- a/packages/linux/meta
+++ b/packages/linux/meta
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ PKG_SITE="http://www.kernel.org"
 #PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_URL="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS="busybox linux-drivers linux-firmware"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools xz"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="linux"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="linux26: The Linux kernel 2.6 precompiled kernel binary image and modules"