diff --git a/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk b/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
index c31ab9e1f3..e9cb6ec7ac 100644
--- a/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
+++ b/package/dc3dd/dc3dd.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DC3DD_SOURCE = dc3dd-$(DC3DD_VERSION).tar.xz
 DC3DD_SITE = https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/dc3dd/dc3dd/$(DC3DD_VERSION_MAJOR)
 DC3DD_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 DC3DD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+DC3DD_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
 # We are patching Makefile.am, so we need to autoreconf. We also need to
 # enable autopoint as dc3dd comes with an old gettext infra.
 DC3DD_AUTORECONF = YES