diff --git a/package/genimage/genimage.mk b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
index 2dffbc55cf..489e8d013a 100644
--- a/package/genimage/genimage.mk
+++ b/package/genimage/genimage.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 GENIMAGE_VERSION = 8
 GENIMAGE_SOURCE = genimage-$(GENIMAGE_VERSION).tar.xz
 GENIMAGE_SITE = http://www.pengutronix.de/software/genimage/download
-GENIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libconfuse
+HOST_GENIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libconfuse
 GENIMAGE_LICENSE = GPLv2
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))