diff --git a/package/imx-mkimage/imx-mkimage.mk b/package/imx-mkimage/imx-mkimage.mk
index cfb9e1ae8c..6fd6aa39b0 100644
--- a/package/imx-mkimage/imx-mkimage.mk
+++ b/package/imx-mkimage/imx-mkimage.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ IMX_MKIMAGE_SITE = https://source.codeaurora.org/external/imx/imx-mkimage
 IMX_MKIMAGE_SITE_METHOD = git
 IMX_MKIMAGE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IMX_MKIMAGE_LICENSE_FILES = iMX8dv/COPYING
+HOST_IMX_MKIMAGE_DEPENDENCIES = host-zlib
 
 define HOST_IMX_MKIMAGE_BUILD_CMDS
 	# Currently this only supports iMX8M. When more hardware is available