diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
index a92d03222b..6fc98ff110 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gdb/gdb-cross.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require gdb-common.inc
 
-DEPENDS = "expat-native ncurses-native"
+DEPENDS = "expat-native ncurses-native readline-native"
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-python"