diff --git a/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/edje_svn.bb b/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/edje_svn.bb
index ffc8cf758b..435b899cb3 100644
--- a/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/edje_svn.bb
+++ b/meta-efl/recipes-efl/efl/edje_svn.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PV = "1.2.1+svnr${SRCPV}"
 PR = "${INC_PR}.0"
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"
 
+DEPENDS += "eio"
+
 SRC_URI = "\
   ${E_SVN}/trunk;module=${SRCNAME};protocol=http;scmdata=keep \
 "