diff --git a/package/rcw-smarc-sal28/rcw-smarc-sal28.mk b/package/rcw-smarc-sal28/rcw-smarc-sal28.mk
index 4928f1a7f8..2bc740027f 100644
--- a/package/rcw-smarc-sal28/rcw-smarc-sal28.mk
+++ b/package/rcw-smarc-sal28/rcw-smarc-sal28.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RCW_SMARC_SAL28_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 RCW_SMARC_SAL28_BOOT_VARIANT = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_RCW_SMARC_SAL28_BOOT_VARIANT))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_RCW_SMARC_SAL28_BUILD_UPDATE_SCRIPT),y)
-RCW_SMARC_SAL28_DEPENDENCIES = host-uboot-tools
+RCW_SMARC_SAL28_DEPENDENCIES += host-uboot-tools
 define RCW_SMARC_SAL28_UPDATE_SCRIPT_BUILD_CMDS
 	MKIMAGE=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/mkimage $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/contrib all
 endef