diff --git a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
index aa02696b25..4ef0a45c7f 100644
--- a/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
+++ b/package/luainterpreter/luainterpreter.mk
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 LUAINTERPRETER_ABIVER = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_LUAINTERPRETER_ABI_VERSION))
 
 $(eval $(virtual-package))
+$(eval $(host-virtual-package))