diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.inc
index ee1f1e81c6..5a9c515689 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools.inc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SECTION = "kernel/userland"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ea5bed2f60d357618ca161ad539f7c0a \
                     file://kexec/kexec.c;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=af10f6ae4a8715965e648aa687ad3e09"
-DEPENDS = "zlib"
+DEPENDS = "zlib xz"
 
 SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-${PV}.tar.gz"