diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
index 039577b8e2..05bda5a7f5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-common.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "GNU debugger"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
 SECTION = "devel"
-DEPENDS = "expat zlib ncurses virtual/libiconv ${LTTNGUST}"
+DEPENDS = "expat zlib ncurses virtual/libiconv ${LTTNGUST} bison-native"
 
 LTTNGUST = "lttng-ust"
 LTTNGUST_aarch64 = ""