diff --git a/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
index 76fd0ac046a..ddf1d784a10 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/base.bbclass
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ python () {
         elif uri.scheme == "repo":
             d.appendVarFlag('do_fetch', 'depends', ' repo-native:do_populate_sysroot')
 
+        # *.bz2 should DEPEND on bzip2-native for unpacking
+        if path.endswith('.bz2'):
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_unpack', 'depends', ' bzip2-native:do_populate_sysroot')
+
         # *.lz4 should DEPEND on lz4-native for unpacking
         if path.endswith('.lz4'):
             d.appendVarFlag('do_unpack', 'depends', ' lz4-native:do_populate_sysroot')