diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.9.21.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.9.21.bb
index 5c7c5608da..f297f30e12 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.9.21.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/libtevent/libtevent_0.9.21.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://tevent.samba.org"
 SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "LGPLv3+"
 
-DEPENDS += "talloc"
+DEPENDS += "talloc libcap"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libtalloc"
 RDEPENDS_python-tevent = "python"