diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.0.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.0.bb
index 1273dcf..0faf016 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/socat/socat_1.7.2.0.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/"
 
 SECTION = "console/network"
 
-DEPENDS = "openssl"
+DEPENDS = "openssl readline ncurses tcp-wrappers"
 
 LICENSE = "GPL-2.0+-with-OpenSSL-exception"