diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc-initial_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc-initial_git.bb
index 9e3edbddb3..3a1140e57b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc-initial_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc-initial_git.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 require uclibc.inc
 require uclibc-git.inc
 
-DEPENDS = "linux-libc-headers ncurses-native virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial"
+DEPENDS = "linux-libc-headers ncurses-native virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial kern-tools-native"
 PROVIDES = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-initial"
 
 PACKAGES = ""
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc_git.bb
index a66656dfec..b4f5d9c9dc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/uclibc/uclibc_git.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ PROVIDES += "virtual/libc virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-for-gcc"
 DEPENDS = "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils \
            virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc-initial \
            virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}libc-initial \
-           linux-libc-headers ncurses-native"
+           linux-libc-headers ncurses-native \
+           kern-tools-native"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-dev = "linux-libc-headers-dev"
 RPROVIDES_${PN}-dev += "libc-dev virtual-libc-dev"