diff --git a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
index c5d8d7cfed..d87167aec0 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gtk-icon-cache.bbclass
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/icons/hicolor"
 
 DEPENDS += "${@['hicolor-icon-theme', '']['${BPN}' == 'hicolor-icon-theme']} gtk-icon-utils-native"
 
+PACKAGE_WRITE_DEPS += "gtk-icon-utils-native gdk-pixbuf-native"
+
 gtk_icon_cache_postinst() {
 if [ "x$D" != "x" ]; then
 	$INTERCEPT_DIR/postinst_intercept update_icon_cache ${PKG} \