diff --git a/package/rust-bindgen/rust-bindgen.mk b/package/rust-bindgen/rust-bindgen.mk
index 349d4c3670..8c02db557f 100644
--- a/package/rust-bindgen/rust-bindgen.mk
+++ b/package/rust-bindgen/rust-bindgen.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ RUST_BINDGEN_SITE = $(call github,rust-lang,rust-bindgen,v$(RUST_BINDGEN_VERSION
 RUST_BINDGEN_LICENSE = BSD-3-clause
 RUST_BINDGEN_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
+# This is actually a runtime dependency (bindgen loads libclang at
+# runtime), but as it's a host package, we have no other option but to
+# handle it as a build dependency.
+HOST_RUST_BINDGEN_DEPENDENCIES = host-clang
+
 # The Cargo.toml at the root directory is a "virtual manifest".
 # Since we only want to build and install bindgen use the Cargo.toml
 # from the bindgen-cli subdirectory.