diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
index 007db4790d..48cf8ab549 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/file/file_5.38.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;beginline=2;md5=0251eaec1188b20d9a72c502ecfdda1b"
 
 DEPENDS = "file-replacement-native"
-DEPENDS_class-native = ""
+DEPENDS_class-native = "bzip2-replacement-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/file/file.git"