diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb_5.5.39.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb_5.5.39.bb
index fee5b6297d..ca9b2ec872 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb_5.5.39.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/mysql/mariadb_5.5.39.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require ${PN}_${PV}.inc
 
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DSTACK_DIRECTION=-1"
 
-DEPENDS += "mariadb-native ncurses zlib readline libaio"
+DEPENDS += "mariadb-native ncurses zlib readline libaio libevent"
 
 PROVIDES += "mysql5"