diff --git a/package/jailhouse/jailhouse.mk b/package/jailhouse/jailhouse.mk
index 1354acf600..a1c86f0e91 100644
--- a/package/jailhouse/jailhouse.mk
+++ b/package/jailhouse/jailhouse.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ JAILHOUSE_MAKE_OPTS = \
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JAILHOUSE_HELPER_SCRIPTS),y)
 JAILHOUSE_DEPENDENCIES += \
 	host-python-mako \
-	host-python-setuptools
+	host-python-setuptools \
+	python3
 JAILHOUSE_MAKE_OPTS += \
 	HAS_PYTHON_MAKO="yes" \
 	PYTHON_PIP_USABLE="yes"