diff --git a/package/vala/vala.mk b/package/vala/vala.mk
index 6abcdd8816..8cf616fccd 100644
--- a/package/vala/vala.mk
+++ b/package/vala/vala.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ VALA_VERSION = $(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR).$(VALA_VERSION_MINOR)
 VALA_SITE = http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/$(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR)
 VALA_SOURCE = vala-$(VALA_VERSION).tar.xz
 
-VALA_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex libglib2 \
+VALA_DEPENDENCIES = host-flex host-bison libglib2 \
 		$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext)
 
 # If we want the documentation, then xsltproc is needed. If we don't