diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libirecovery/libirecovery_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libirecovery/libirecovery_git.bb
index e3da1819b2..dcce524246 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libirecovery/libirecovery_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/libirecovery/libirecovery_git.bb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
 
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.libimobiledevice.org/"
 
-DEPENDS = "libimobiledevice-glue libusb1"
+DEPENDS = "libimobiledevice-glue libusb1 readline"
 
 PV = "1.0.1+git${SRCPV}"