diff --git a/package/libiio/libiio.mk b/package/libiio/libiio.mk
index b36ea3bafe..4ce933a0cd 100644
--- a/package/libiio/libiio.mk
+++ b/package/libiio/libiio.mk
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBIIO_BINDINGS_PYTHON),y)
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
-LIBIIO_DEPENDENCIES += python
+LIBIIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-python-setuptools python
 else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
-LIBIIO_DEPENDENCIES += python3
+LIBIIO_DEPENDENCIES += host-python3-setuptools python3
 endif
 LIBIIO_CONF_OPTS += -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON
 else