diff --git a/meta-emenlow/packages/libva/libva_0.31.0.bb b/meta-emenlow/packages/libva/libva_0.31.0.bb
index 0bc782f9d6..a316409876 100644
--- a/meta-emenlow/packages/libva/libva_0.31.0.bb
+++ b/meta-emenlow/packages/libva/libva_0.31.0.bb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=efc13a0998e678466e556756613c582e"
 PR = "r1"
+DEPENDS = "libxext"
 
 inherit autotools