diff --git a/package/quota/quota.mk b/package/quota/quota.mk
index 5bd9013d6a..38e18a60c2 100644
--- a/package/quota/quota.mk
+++ b/package/quota/quota.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 QUOTA_VERSION = 4.01
 QUOTA_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/linuxquota/quota-tools/$(QUOTA_VERSION)
-QUOTA_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
+QUOTA_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-nfs-utils
 QUOTA_AUTORECONF = YES
 QUOTA_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 QUOTA_CONF_OPTS = --disable-strip-binaries