diff --git a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-msgs_git.bb b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-msgs_git.bb
index 2ecb97f7e3c1130577a0881dd1ee4708d44cff97..4e356d2c74b2ac413230d7967c53c608ccf96b33 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-msgs_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-msgs_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=7;endline=7;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
-DEPENDS = ""
+DEPENDS = "message-generation-native message-runtime-native std-msgs roscpp-serialization"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmwcarit/ros_chatter.git"
 
diff --git a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-receiver_git.bb b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-receiver_git.bb
index be6cf27713b2daa8cf862b7881cf5f519be22bc2..5169aa1c05b77c1f34bbb53b161f13e6cfabbda6 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-receiver_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-receiver_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=7;endline=7;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
-DEPENDS = ""
+DEPENDS = "chatter-msgs roscpp"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmwcarit/ros_chatter.git"
 
diff --git a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-sender_git.bb b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-sender_git.bb
index 67b2f0224e16a8aafa71a728b96ecd8e8e5c9135..d2879f3a52c453cf8e0ccf5029e4960eaa5e8ff9 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-sender_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/chatter/chatter-sender_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=7;endline=7;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
-DEPENDS = ""
+DEPENDS = "rostest-native rostest chatter-msgs roscpp"
 
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmwcarit/ros_chatter.git"