diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index e076d2a17f..78f429f8b6 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ RPM_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BZIP2),bzip2) \
 	file \
 	popt \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_XZ),xz) \
 	zlib \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 RPM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.0 (library only)