diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
index e722db5cd1..13b583b05d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ovmf/ovmf_git.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ DEPENDS_class-native="util-linux-native iasl-native ossp-uuid-native"
 
 DEPENDS_class-target="ovmf-native"
 
+DEPENDS_append = " nasm-native"
+
 EDK_TOOLS_DIR="edk2_basetools"
 
 # OVMF has trouble building with the default optimization of -O2.