diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index 1681d556b6..2f60b4561e 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_WRITETSDB),--enable-write_tsdb,--disable-write_tsdb) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_ZOOKEEPER),--enable-zookeeper,--disable-zookeeper)
 
+# since 5.9.1 the file src/liboconfig/parser.c is missing from the tar
+# download file, triggering the need for host-bison
 COLLECTD_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-bison \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_AMQP),rabbitmq-c) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_COLLECTD_APACHE),libcurl) \