diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index dfa5e8c0d..716fb7b9b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.openvswitch.org/releases/
 PKG_HASH:=8d1c439e26d7044f0ec823c7fef1b00b7c6465da0b83a7d0cf3191ed1dc43893
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host python-six/host
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf