diff --git a/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk b/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
index 153cc0d6f3..47a38cb671 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xcb-proto/xcb-proto.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ XCB_PROTO_SITE = http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/
 
 XCB_PROTO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+XCB_PROTO_DEPENDENCIES = host-python
+
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/x11r7,xcb-proto))
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/x11r7,xcb-proto,host))