diff --git a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
index 95be7518a8..55c7c3e278 100644
--- a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DEPENDS_prepend = "nodejs-native "
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_prepend = "nodejs "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/npmpkg"
 
 NPM_INSTALLDIR = "${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}"