diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
index 0979acd..6230f60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2.inc
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://Copyright;md5=bb90c48926316d9af6e2d70ca7013ade \
                     file://trio.c;beginline=5;endline=14;md5=6c025753c86d958722ec76e94cae932e"
 
 DEPENDS_virtclass-native = "python-native"
-DEPENDS =+ "zlib"
+DEPENDS =+ "zlib binutils"
 
 SRC_URI = "ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://libxml-64bit.patch"