diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
index c0fa139a85..ae92f220a5 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-initial.inc
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ PACKAGES = ""
 INHIBIT_AUTOTOOLS_DEPS = "1"
 INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
+# We still need gnu-config-native
+DEPENDS_prepend = "gnu-config-native autoconf-native "
+
 PN = "gcc-cross-initial-${TARGET_ARCH}"
 
 CROSS_TARGET_SYS_DIR_append = ".${PN}"