diff --git a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
index ad205aaa1d..b7dbf04a82 100644
--- a/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
+++ b/package/alsa-lib/alsa-lib.mk
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) \
 	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
-ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = python
+ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES += python
 else
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--with-pythonlibs=-lpython$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR) \
 	--with-pythonincludes=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ALSA_LIB_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)
-ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES = python3
+ALSA_LIB_DEPENDENCIES += python3
 endif
 else
 ALSA_LIB_CONF_OPTS += --disable-python