diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/cherokee/cherokee.inc b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/cherokee/cherokee.inc
index 114dbba282..1e09dbfb6b 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/cherokee/cherokee.inc
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/cherokee/cherokee.inc
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 
 INC_PR = "r0"
 
-DEPENDS = "libpcre openssl ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
+DEPENDS = "libpcre openssl mysql5 ${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'libpam', '', d)}"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.cherokee-project.com/download/1.2/${PV}/cherokee-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://cherokee.init \