diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
index a7dc22d7c4..19dfb26f7a 100644
--- a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ OPKG_UTILS_SITE_METHOD = git
 OPKG_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 OPKG_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
-HOST_OPKG_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += $(BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+HOST_OPKG_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY) \
+	host-diffutils \
+	host-lz4 \
+	host-xz
 
 # Nothing to build; only scripts to install.
 define HOST_OPKG_UTILS_INSTALL_CMDS