diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 69352b3730..48cc8ec800 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@ $(1)-rsync:		$$($(2)_TARGET_RSYNC)
 
 $(1)-source:
 $(1)-legal-source:
+# For override, legal-info uses host-tar and host-gzip
+$(1)-legal-info: | $(BR2_GZIP_HOST_DEPENDENCY) $(BR2_TAR_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+
 
 $(1)-external-deps:
 	@echo "file://$$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR)"
@@ -1163,6 +1166,7 @@ ifneq ($$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR),)
 	$$(Q)rsync -au --chmod=u=rwX,go=rX $$(RSYNC_VCS_EXCLUSIONS) \
 		$(call qstrip,$$($(2)_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR))/ \
 		 $$($(2)_BUILDDIR)/.legal-info-rsync/
+	$$(call prepare-per-package-directory,$$(BR2_GZIP_HOST_DEPENDENCY) $$(BR2_TAR_HOST_DEPENDENCY))
 	$$(Q)mkdir -p $$($(2)_REDIST_SOURCES_DIR)
 	$$(Q). support/download/helpers; set -x; cd $$($(2)_BUILDDIR); TAR=$$(TAR) mk_tar_gz \
 		$$($(2)_BUILDDIR)/.legal-info-rsync/ \