diff --git a/package/ca-certificates/ca-certificates.mk b/package/ca-certificates/ca-certificates.mk
index 0b75a8c778..eb75d23f44 100644
--- a/package/ca-certificates/ca-certificates.mk
+++ b/package/ca-certificates/ca-certificates.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 CA_CERTIFICATES_VERSION = 20211016
 CA_CERTIFICATES_SOURCE = ca-certificates_$(CA_CERTIFICATES_VERSION).tar.xz
 CA_CERTIFICATES_SITE = https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20211022T144903Z/pool/main/c/ca-certificates
-CA_CERTIFICATES_DEPENDENCIES = host-openssl host-python3 host-python3-cryptography
+CA_CERTIFICATES_DEPENDENCIES = host-openssl host-python3 host-python-cryptography
 CA_CERTIFICATES_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (script), MPL-2.0 (data)
 CA_CERTIFICATES_LICENSE_FILES = debian/copyright
 
diff --git a/package/python-cryptography/python-cryptography.mk b/package/python-cryptography/python-cryptography.mk
index 98c65e1528..1d903b03e9 100644
--- a/package/python-cryptography/python-cryptography.mk
+++ b/package/python-cryptography/python-cryptography.mk
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@ PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE LICENSE.APACHE LICENSE.BSD
 PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_CPE_ID_VENDOR = cryptography_project
 PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = cryptography
 PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-cffi openssl
+HOST_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_NEEDS_HOST_PYTHON = python3
+HOST_PYTHON_CRYPTOGRAPHY_DEPENDENCIES = host-python3-cffi host-openssl
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
+$(eval $(host-python-package))