diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mysql-python_1.2.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mysql-python_1.2.4.bb
index 37ad21c8e7..678f17c06e 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mysql-python_1.2.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mysql-python_1.2.4.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SECTION = "devel/python"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://GPL-2.0;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
+DEPENDS = "mysql5"
+
 PR = "r0"
 SRCNAME = "MySQL-python"