diff --git a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice-native.bb b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice-native.bb
index 2f1eeb0..7d56b43 100644
--- a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice-native.bb
+++ b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice-native.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     libcdr-native \
     libe-book-native \
     libfreehand-native \
+    hunspell-native \
 "
 
 SRC_URI += " \
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += " \
     --with-system-expat \
     --with-system-lcms2 \
     --with-system-nss \
+    --with-system-hunspell \
     \
     --without-boost-date-time \
     --without-boost-iostreams \
diff --git a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
index 20f78bc..641cf94 100644
--- a/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
+++ b/recipes-libreoffice/libreoffice/libreoffice.bb
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
     libexttextcat \
     clucene-core \
     vigra \
+    hunspell \
 "
 
 # necessary to let the call for python-config succeed
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += " \
     --with-system-libexttextcat \
     --with-system-clucene \
     --with-system-vigra \
+    --with-system-hunspell \
 "
 
 do_configure() {