diff --git a/package/riscv-isa-sim/riscv-isa-sim.mk b/package/riscv-isa-sim/riscv-isa-sim.mk
index e10dd4c662..59f70fc432 100644
--- a/package/riscv-isa-sim/riscv-isa-sim.mk
+++ b/package/riscv-isa-sim/riscv-isa-sim.mk
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ RISCV_ISA_SIM_VERSION = 1.1.0
 RISCV_ISA_SIM_SITE = $(call github,riscv-software-src,riscv-isa-sim,v$(RISCV_ISA_SIM_VERSION))
 RISCV_ISA_SIM_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 RISCV_ISA_SIM_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+HOST_RISCV_ISA_SIM_DEPENDENCIES = host-dtc
 
 $(eval $(host-autotools-package))