diff --git a/libs/libgpiod/Makefile b/libs/libgpiod/Makefile
index 66e9c77330..3f3c473413 100644
--- a/libs/libgpiod/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libgpiod/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ PKG_INSTALL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PYTHON3_PKG_BUILD:=0
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=PACKAGE_python3-gpiod:python-setuptools/host
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include ../../lang/python/python3-package.mk