diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
index e3c571241c..8eefb84a29 100644
--- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk
+++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc
 
 HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(BR2_MAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY) \
+	$(BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY) \
 	host-bison \
 	host-gawk