diff --git a/package/localedef/localedef.mk b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
index 10a1929044..3e22f68039 100644
--- a/package/localedef/localedef.mk
+++ b/package/localedef/localedef.mk
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 LOCALEDEF_VERSION = 2.30-20-g50f20fe506abb8853641006a7b90a81af21d7b91
 LOCALEDEF_SOURCE = glibc-$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION).tar.gz
 LOCALEDEF_SITE = $(call github,bminor,glibc,$(LOCALEDEF_VERSION))
-LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = $(BR2_MAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
 HOST_LOCALEDEF_DL_SUBDIR = glibc
 
+HOST_LOCALEDEF_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(BR2_MAKE_HOST_DEPENDENCY) \
+	host-bison
+
 HOST_LOCALEDEF_CONF_ENV += ac_cv_prog_MAKE="$(BR2_MAKE)"
 
 # Even though we use the autotools-package infrastructure, we have to override