diff --git a/package/crudini/crudini.mk b/package/crudini/crudini.mk
index c376c5f777..48e0ebde8f 100644
--- a/package/crudini/crudini.mk
+++ b/package/crudini/crudini.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ CRUDINI_SITE = $(call github,pixelb,crudini,$(CRUDINI_VERSION))
 CRUDINI_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 CRUDINI_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 CRUDINI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+# This is a runtime dependency, but we don't have the concept of
+# runtime dependencies for host packages.
+HOST_CRUDINI_DEPENDENCIES = host-python-iniparse
 
 $(eval $(python-package))
 $(eval $(host-python-package))