diff --git a/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk b/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
index d8b9508be..35228026f 100644
--- a/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
+++ b/package/xbmc/xbmc.mk
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ XBMC_DEPENDENCIES += boost bzip2 expat flac fontconfig freetype jasper jpeg \
 	libogg libplist libpng libsamplerate libungif libvorbis libxml2 lzo ncurses \
 	openssl pcre python readline sqlite taglib tiff tinyxml yajl zlib
 
+# xbmc@i386 depends on nasm
+XBMC_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_i386),host-nasm)
+
 XBMC_CONF_ENV = \
 	PYTHON_VERSION="$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)" \
 	PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm" \