diff --git a/package/luasyslog/luasyslog.mk b/package/luasyslog/luasyslog.mk
index e4fd4be91c..049e068a13 100644
--- a/package/luasyslog/luasyslog.mk
+++ b/package/luasyslog/luasyslog.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 LUASYSLOG_VERSION = 2.2.0
 LUASYSLOG_SITE = $(call github,ntd,luasyslog,$(LUASYSLOG_VERSION))
-LUASYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES = luainterpreter
+LUASYSLOG_DEPENDENCIES = host-luarocks luainterpreter
 LUASYSLOG_LICENSE = MIT
 LUASYSLOG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 # fetching from github