diff --git a/lang/node-serialport/Makefile b/lang/node-serialport/Makefile
index c73e85848f..c414628e37 100644
--- a/lang/node-serialport/Makefile
+++ b/lang/node-serialport/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NPM_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://registry.npmjs.org/$(PKG_NPM_NAME)/-/
 PKG_MD5SUM:=1eb21082e0aa676b8350182a60230808
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=node
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=node/host
 PKG_NODE_VERSION:=0.12.7
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>