diff --git a/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk b/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
index 2e437a6a5e..46886a9aa7 100644
--- a/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
+++ b/package/lirc-tools/lirc-tools.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIRC_TOOLS_SOURCE = lirc-$(LIRC_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIRC_TOOLS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lirc/LIRC/$(LIRC_TOOLS_VERSION)
 LIRC_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 LIRC_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-LIRC_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxslt host-pkgconf
+LIRC_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxslt host-pkgconf host-python3
 LIRC_TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 LIRC_TOOLS_CONF_ENV = XSLTPROC=yes