diff --git a/package/wpa_supplicant/Makefile b/package/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
index a551c14e95..41b9b12396 100644
--- a/package/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
+++ b/package/wpa_supplicant/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ PKG_MD5SUM:=b51b2975f21006f85f7297f3fb1acde1
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=madwifi
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 STAMP_CONFIGURED:=$(STAMP_CONFIGURED)_$(call confvar,CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-madwifi CONFIG_WPA_SUPPLICANT_NO_TIMESTAMP_CHECK)