diff --git a/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.5.2.bb b/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.5.2.bb
index 4c71d953c366fcb4af474b217caf6d0456f65d1d..e9638465a96ff96564ff5da5b0faf134a24c812d 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.5.2.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/yaml-cpp/yaml-cpp_0.5.2.bb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://license.txt;md5=7c6a629da965ebdfba9f6fdb76ab8ab4"
 
+DEPENDS = "boost"
+
 PR = "r0"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/yaml-cpp-release-${PV}"