diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
index f679a49eb0..b2a8cea4b7 100644
--- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ HOSTTOOLS_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/hosttools"
 
 # Tools needed to run builds with OE-Core
 HOSTTOOLS += " \
-    [ ar as awk basename bash bzip2 cat chgrp chmod chown chrpath cmp comm cp cpio \
+    [ ar as awk basename bash bunzip2 bzip2 cat chgrp chmod chown chrpath cmp comm cp cpio \
     cpp cut date dd diff diffstat dirname du echo egrep env expand expr false \
     fgrep file find flock g++ gawk gcc getconf getopt git grep gunzip gzip \
     head hostname iconv id install ld ldd ln ls lz4c make md5sum mkdir mkfifo mknod \