diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat_12.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat_12.7.9.bb
index 3a06078e0e2..ffc7c0ac373 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat_12.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/sysstat/sysstat_12.7.9.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a23a74b3f4caf9616230789d94217acb"
 
 SRCREV = "b8f987807e7c7ba5c1b2ca8b7b1e9d80e61bce6c"
 
-DEPENDS += "base-passwd"
+DEPENDS += "base-passwd xz-native"
 
 # autotools-brokensep as this package doesn't use automake
 inherit autotools-brokensep gettext systemd