diff --git a/package/nbd/nbd.mk b/package/nbd/nbd.mk
index f0fb23910e..50f698dd24 100644
--- a/package/nbd/nbd.mk
+++ b/package/nbd/nbd.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ NBD_VERSION = 3.24
 NBD_SOURCE = nbd-$(NBD_VERSION).tar.xz
 NBD_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/nbd/nbd/$(NBD_VERSION)
 NBD_CONF_OPTS = --enable-lfs
-NBD_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libglib2
+NBD_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-pkgconf libglib2
 NBD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 NBD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 NBD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = network_block_device_project