diff --git a/package/lua-cqueues/lua-cqueues.mk b/package/lua-cqueues/lua-cqueues.mk
index 4f4be1e049..4f31c3277f 100644
--- a/package/lua-cqueues/lua-cqueues.mk
+++ b/package/lua-cqueues/lua-cqueues.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LUA_CQUEUES_VERSION = rel-20161215
 LUA_CQUEUES_SITE = $(call github,wahern,cqueues,$(LUA_CQUEUES_VERSION))
 LUA_CQUEUES_LICENSE = MIT
 LUA_CQUEUES_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-LUA_CQUEUES_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter openssl
+LUA_CQUEUES_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter openssl host-m4
 
 define LUA_CQUEUES_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D) \