diff --git a/package/mrouted/mrouted.mk b/package/mrouted/mrouted.mk
index 90f2f595af..56aa7e11d1 100644
--- a/package/mrouted/mrouted.mk
+++ b/package/mrouted/mrouted.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 MROUTED_VERSION = 3.9.6
 MROUTED_SOURCE = mrouted-$(MROUTED_VERSION).tar.bz2
 MROUTED_SITE = http://cloud.github.com/downloads/troglobit/mrouted
+MROUTED_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
 
 define MROUTED_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)