diff --git a/groups/010.host_deps.group b/groups/010.host_deps.group
index c5f7d62..af1c190 100644
--- a/groups/010.host_deps.group
+++ b/groups/010.host_deps.group
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ HOST_DEPS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_BUILD_CONFIGURE_ARGS:="--disable-werror --enable-deterministic-archives --enable-install-libbfd --prefix=${PREFIX}/opt"};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_BUILD_LIBTOOL:=slibtool-static};
 : ${PKG_BINUTILS_BUILD_PREFIX:="${PREFIX}/opt"};
+: ${PKG_BISON_HOST_DEPENDS:="libreadline_host"};
 : ${PKG_BISON_HOST_SHA256SUM:=07b25fbf4de2f2c686e8bff50fdb69efda49b6f9f7377dad1884f9508a28592b};
 : ${PKG_BISON_HOST_VERSION:=3.7};
 : ${PKG_BISON_HOST_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-${PKG_BISON_HOST_VERSION}.tar.xz};
diff --git a/groups/221.native_packages_dev.group b/groups/221.native_packages_dev.group
index d17c103..53f0280 100644
--- a/groups/221.native_packages_dev.group
+++ b/groups/221.native_packages_dev.group
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ GROUP_TARGET="native_packages";
 NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES="$(rtl_lconcat "${NATIVE_PACKAGES_PACKAGES}" "
 bison chicken cparser diffutils flex gdb lua lunix m4 make mandoc nasm
 patch patchutils perl python2 python3 ruby sbsigntools smallbasic tk")";
+: ${PKG_BISON_DEPENDS:="libreadline"};
 : ${PKG_BISON_SHA256SUM:=07b25fbf4de2f2c686e8bff50fdb69efda49b6f9f7377dad1884f9508a28592b};
 : ${PKG_BISON_VERSION:=3.7};
 : ${PKG_BISON_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-${PKG_BISON_VERSION}.tar.xz};