diff --git a/package/libid3tag/libid3tag.mk b/package/libid3tag/libid3tag.mk
index 14a7f3f938..5d7b219bb1 100644
--- a/package/libid3tag/libid3tag.mk
+++ b/package/libid3tag/libid3tag.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LIBID3TAG_SITE = \
 LIBID3TAG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LIBID3TAG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYRIGHT
 LIBID3TAG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBID3TAG_DEPENDENCIES = zlib
+LIBID3TAG_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf zlib
 
 # debian/patches/10_utf16.dpatch
 LIBID3TAG_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2004-2779 CVE-2017-11551