diff --git a/package/libxml-parser-perl/libxml-parser-perl.mk b/package/libxml-parser-perl/libxml-parser-perl.mk
index 5c2ac546b4..9e5325c863 100644
--- a/package/libxml-parser-perl/libxml-parser-perl.mk
+++ b/package/libxml-parser-perl/libxml-parser-perl.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_VERSION = 2.41
 LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_SOURCE = XML-Parser-$(LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_SITE = $(BR2_CPAN_MIRROR)/authors/id/T/TO/TODDR
-LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_DEPENDENCIES = expat
+HOST_LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_DEPENDENCIES = host-expat
 LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_LICENSE = Artistic or GPLv1+
 LIBXML_PARSER_PERL_RUN_PERL = `which perl`