diff --git a/recipes-extended/cmusphinx/sphinxbase_0.8.bb b/recipes-extended/cmusphinx/sphinxbase_0.8.bb
index 4a01a8b..fc15e29 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/cmusphinx/sphinxbase_0.8.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/cmusphinx/sphinxbase_0.8.bb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require cmusphinx.inc
 
 SRC_URI += "file://0001-TESTS-srcdir-remove.patch"
 
-DEPENDS = "libsndfile1 alsa-lib libsamplerate0"
+DEPENDS = "libsndfile1 alsa-lib libsamplerate0 bison-native"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = " --without-python"