diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.2.bb
index 63f0425ea4..6c6926ff62 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.2.bb
@@ -63,4 +63,6 @@ do_install_append_class-native() {
 FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/${BPN}/site-tmac \
                 ${libdir}/${BPN}/groffer/"
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = " sed"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"