diff --git a/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk b/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
index 338bebd575..693da249a8 100644
--- a/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
+++ b/package/libevdev/libevdev.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ LIBEVDEV_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # Uses PKG_CHECK_MODULES() in configure.ac
 LIBEVDEV_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+# Needs Python to generate a header file
+# We can't rely on the system pPython, since it may be too old
+# (missing argparse in python 2.6)
+LIBEVDEV_DEPENDENCIES += host-python
+
 # package source code coming from git, so it doesn't have generated
 # configure and Makefile.in
 LIBEVDEV_AUTORECONF = YES