diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.8.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.8.bb
index e3e8136c27..580755ce04 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.8.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.2.8.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=95f3a93a5c3c7888de623b46ea085a84"
 
 # util-linux for libblkid
 DEPENDS = "libcap libnfsidmap libevent util-linux sqlite3"
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "rpcbind"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "rpcbind bash"
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "kernel-module-nfsd"
 
 SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/nfs-utils/${PV}/nfs-utils-${PV}.tar.bz2 \