diff --git a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
index 1abee0bc2f..0d8480ba48 100644
--- a/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
+++ b/package/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ HOST_CRYPTSETUP_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-lvm2 \
 	host-popt \
 	host-util-linux \
+	host-json-c \
 	host-openssl
 
 HOST_CRYPTSETUP_CONF_OPTS = --with-crypto-backend=openssl