diff --git a/package/swig/swig.mk b/package/swig/swig.mk
index 5329d1bb71..8fed8dabc4 100644
--- a/package/swig/swig.mk
+++ b/package/swig/swig.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SWIG_VERSION_MAJOR = 3.0
 SWIG_VERSION = $(SWIG_VERSION_MAJOR).10
 SWIG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/swig/swig/swig-$(SWIG_VERSION)
-SWIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
+HOST_SWIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
 HOST_SWIG_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--without-pcre \
 	--disable-ccache \