diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/gbmc-ncsi-config.bb b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/gbmc-ncsi-config.bb
index 29cf9c3..4ae9d19 100644
--- a/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/gbmc-ncsi-config.bb
+++ b/meta-google/recipes-google/ncsi/gbmc-ncsi-config.bb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+  bash \
   dhcp-relay \
   gbmc-ip-monitor \
   ncsid \