diff --git a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-kubernetes.bb b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-kubernetes.bb
index 8bfe942e..ea65e0c3 100644
--- a/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-kubernetes.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-kubernetes.bb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-kubernetes-base = " \
 
 RDEPENDS:packagegroup-k8s-host = " \
     packagegroup-kubernetes-base \
+    kubernetes \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:packagegroup-k8s-node = " \