diff --git a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
index 204c59c..275e8bb 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/libpoco/libpoco_1.4.6p1.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="POCO C++ Libraries"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pocoproject.org"
 LICENSE="BSL-1.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM="file://LICENSE;md5=e4224ccaecb14d942c71d31bef20d78c"
-DEPENDS="expat zlib pcre"
+DEPENDS = "expat zlib libpcre"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR}/poco/poco-${PV}-all.tar.bz2 \
            file://OE"