diff --git a/package/wayland/wayland.mk b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
index e219624687..d4b4664ff8 100644
--- a/package/wayland/wayland.mk
+++ b/package/wayland/wayland.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ WAYLAND_LICENSE = MIT
 WAYLAND_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 WAYLAND_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 WAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-wayland expat libffi libxml2
+HOST_WAYLAND_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-expat host-libffi host-libxml2
 
 # wayland-scanner is only needed for building, not on the target
 WAYLAND_CONF_OPTS = --disable-scanner --with-host-scanner