diff --git a/recipes-external/gcc/libgcc-external.bb b/recipes-external/gcc/libgcc-external.bb
index 39a3a76..c1ddc23 100644
--- a/recipes-external/gcc/libgcc-external.bb
+++ b/recipes-external/gcc/libgcc-external.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "The GNU Compiler Collection - libgcc"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/"
 SECTION = "devel"
+DEPENDS += "virtual/${TARGET_PREFIX}binutils"
 GCC_VERSION := "${@oe.external.run(d, 'gcc', '-dumpversion').rstrip()}"
 PV = "${GCC_VERSION}"