diff --git a/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/elementary_svn.bb b/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/elementary_svn.bb
index eb28d9ae19..fa8a8e85aa 100644
--- a/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/elementary_svn.bb
+++ b/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/elementary_svn.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SRCREV = "${EFL_SRCREV}"
 PV = "1.0.1+svnr${SRCPV}"
 PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
+DEPENDS += "eio"
 
 SRC_URI = "\
   ${E_SVN}/trunk;module=${SRCNAME};protocol=http;scmdata=keep \