diff --git a/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk b/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
index 44d9e97461..1276cfae10 100644
--- a/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
+++ b/package/mediastreamer/mediastreamer.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 MEDIASTREAMER_VERSION = 2.14.0
 MEDIASTREAMER_SITE = http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/linphone/mediastreamer
 MEDIASTREAMER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-MEDIASTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-pkgconf ortp host-gettext
+# host-vim needed for the xxd utility
+MEDIASTREAMER_DEPENDENCIES = host-intltool host-pkgconf ortp host-gettext host-vim
 # tests fail linking on some architectures, so disable them
 MEDIASTREAMER_CONF_OPTS = --disable-tests --disable-glx --disable-strict
 MEDIASTREAMER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+