diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot_232.bb b/meta/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot_232.bb
index 602052ca13..0471ce246b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot_232.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/systemd-boot/systemd-boot_232.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require recipes-core/systemd/systemd.inc
 
-DEPENDS = "intltool-native libcap util-linux gnu-efi"
+DEPENDS = "intltool-native libcap util-linux gnu-efi gperf-native"
 
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-use-lnr-wrapper-instead-of-looking-for-relative-opti.patch"