diff --git a/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk
index a2a3b21105..d8f214b9e0 100644
--- a/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk
+++ b/package/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LIBIMXVPUAPI_VERSION = 0.10.3
 LIBIMXVPUAPI_SITE = $(call github,Freescale,libimxvpuapi,$(LIBIMXVPUAPI_VERSION))
 LIBIMXVPUAPI_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBIMXVPUAPI_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
-LIBIMXVPUAPI_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-python imx-vpu
+LIBIMXVPUAPI_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-python3 imx-vpu
 LIBIMXVPUAPI_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBIMXVPUAPI_NEEDS_EXTERNAL_WAF = YES