diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 197cf848b..41c51c6b2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ TARGETS_DIRCLEAN:=$(patsubst %,%-dirclean,$(TARGETS))
 # variable for each enabled target.
 # Notice: this only works for newstyle gentargets/autotargets packages
 TARGETS_HOST_DEPS = $(sort $(filter host-%,$(foreach dep,\
-		$(addsuffix _DEPENDENCIES,$(call UPPERCASE,$(TARGETS))),\
+		$(addsuffix _DEPENDENCIES,\
+			$(call UPPERCASE,$(TARGETS) $(TARGETS_ROOTFS))),\
 		$($(dep)))))
 # Host packages can in turn have their own dependencies. Likewise find
 # all the package names listed in the HOST_<PKG>_DEPENDENCIES for each