diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index f69d177949..420fe6b57a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-archive ${PN}-tests ${PN}-perl ${PN}-python"
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} += "elfutils"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "elfutils bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-archive =+ "bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-perl =+ "bash perl perl-modules"