diff --git a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
index 38137bc67b..68876b874f 100644
--- a/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/opkg-utils/opkg-utils.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ OPKG_UTILS_SITE_METHOD = git
 OPKG_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 OPKG_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
+HOST_OPKG_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES += $(BR2_PYTHON3_HOST_DEPENDENCY)
+
 define HOST_OPKG_UTILS_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS)
 endef