diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.03.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.03.bb
index 8ee86367d5..dd92a92892 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.03.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/lsb/lsbinitscripts_9.03.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "SysV init scripts which only is used in an LSB image"
 SECTION = "base"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+DEPENDS = "popt"
 PR = "r0"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ebf4e8b49780ab187d51bd26aaa022c6"