diff --git a/package/libnl/libnl.mk b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
index 767e957e5f..8d3b9ade79 100644
--- a/package/libnl/libnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LIBNL_VERSION = 3.0
 LIBNL_SOURCE = libnl-$(LIBNL_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBNL_SITE = http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/files/
 LIBNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBNL_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
 
 define LIBNL_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl.so*