diff --git a/package/swig/swig.mk b/package/swig/swig.mk
index d432cab53d..ad585c3f97 100644
--- a/package/swig/swig.mk
+++ b/package/swig/swig.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 SWIG_VERSION_MAJOR = 4.1
 SWIG_VERSION = $(SWIG_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 SWIG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/swig/swig/swig-$(SWIG_VERSION)
-HOST_SWIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-pcre
+HOST_SWIG_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-pcre2
 HOST_SWIG_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-pcre \
 	--disable-ccache \