diff --git a/package/systemd/systemd.mk b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
index 1150fd390e..bed4ed0be7 100644
--- a/package/systemd/systemd.mk
+++ b/package/systemd/systemd.mk
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ HOST_SYSTEMD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 HOST_SYSTEMD_HOST_TOOLS = \
 	systemd-analyze \
 	systemd-mount \
+	systemd-nspawn \
 	systemctl \
 	udevadm