diff --git a/packages/devel/popt/package.mk b/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
index 75ba06e3b1..a05a71a86e 100644
--- a/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/popt/package.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PKG_SHA256="c25a4838fc8e4c1c8aacb8bd620edb3084a3d63bf8987fdad3ca2758c63240f9"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.rpm.org/popt/releases/popt-1.x/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="cmake:host gcc:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The popt library exists essentially for parsing command-line options."
 
 pre_configure_target() {