diff --git a/package/pseudo/pseudo.mk b/package/pseudo/pseudo.mk
index e2c56fff06..ed348f1cd9 100644
--- a/package/pseudo/pseudo.mk
+++ b/package/pseudo/pseudo.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PSEUDO_SITE_METHOD = git
 PSEUDO_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1
 PSEUDO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-HOST_PSEUDO_DEPENDENCIES = host-sqlite
+HOST_PSEUDO_DEPENDENCIES = host-attr host-sqlite
 
 # configure script is not generated by autoconf, so passing --libdir
 # is necessary, even if the infrastructure passes --prefix already.