diff --git a/package/python-versiontools/python-versiontools.mk b/package/python-versiontools/python-versiontools.mk
index 2170730d72..fbf104023e 100644
--- a/package/python-versiontools/python-versiontools.mk
+++ b/package/python-versiontools/python-versiontools.mk
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ PYTHON_VERSIONTOOLS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_VERSIONTOOLS_LICENSE = LGPL-3.0
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))