diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.3.0.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.3.0.bb
index cd4df3d..0c64889 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-support/mdio-tools/mdio-tools_1.3.0.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require mdio-tools.inc
 
-DEPENDS += "libmnl"
+DEPENDS += "virtual/kernel libmnl"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"