diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index 93325c3..bd9e5bf 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "open source processor emulator"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://qemu.org"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2.1"
-DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 zlib alsa-lib virtual/libx11"
+DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 zlib alsa-lib virtual/libx11 jpeg"
 
 # QEMU_TARGETS is overridable variable
 QEMU_TARGETS ?= "arm i386 mips mipsel mips64 mips64el ppc sh4 x86_64"