diff --git a/recipes-extra/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.52.bb b/recipes-extra/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.52.bb
index 9114c8d..eff2530 100644
--- a/recipes-extra/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.52.bb
+++ b/recipes-extra/ifupdown/ifupdown_0.7.52.bb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "The core network utilities for debian. In contrast to busybox \
 they can manage bridges and vlans."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://anonscm.debian.org/hg/collab-maint/ifupdown/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+DEPENDS = "dpkg-native"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://debian/copyright;md5=7adfbe801102d1e7e6bfdd3f03754efa"