diff --git a/lang/python/files/python-package-xml.mk b/lang/python/files/python-package-xml.mk
index 69074ccb4..bb82f0170 100644
--- a/lang/python/files/python-package-xml.mk
+++ b/lang/python/files/python-package-xml.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 define Package/python-xml
 $(call Package/python/Default)
   TITLE:=Python $(PYTHON_VERSION) xml libs
-  DEPENDS:=+python-light
+  DEPENDS:=+python-light +libexpat
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call PyBasePackage,python-xml, \