diff --git a/package/pdbg/pdbg.mk b/package/pdbg/pdbg.mk
index 1a3a6b7422..70adb0a166 100644
--- a/package/pdbg/pdbg.mk
+++ b/package/pdbg/pdbg.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PDBG_SITE = $(call github,open-power,pdbg,$(PDBG_VERSION))
 PDBG_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PDBG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PDBG_AUTORECONF = YES
+PDBG_DEPENDENCIES = host-dtc
 
 PDBG_MAKE_OPTS = "GIT_SHA1=\"$(PDBG_VERSION)\""