diff --git a/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc b/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
index f3b2b698e2df..66f2f1b2bddc 100644
--- a/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ WIC_HELPER_TOOLS ?= "\
 
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_NATIVE_ONLY ?= "cdrtools"
 WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_DEPENDS = "${@' '.join('%s-native' % t for t in (d.getVar('WIC_HELPER_TOOLS') + ' ' + d.getVar('WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_NATIVE_ONLY')).split())}"
+
+WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_PACKAGE_ONLY ?= "e2fsprogs-resize2fs"
+WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_RDEPENDS = "${WIC_HELPER_TOOLS} ${WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_PACKAGE_ONLY}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/wic/wic_0.3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/wic/wic_0.3.1.bb
index d9b4cc05c4bd..d8b8c6905d87 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/wic/wic_0.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/wic/wic_0.3.1.bb
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ CVE_PRODUCT = "yoctoproject:wic"
 
 inherit python_hatchling
 
+require conf/wic-helper-tools.inc
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-core \
     python3-json \
     python3-logging \
     python3-misc \
+    ${WIC_HELPER_TOOLS_RDEPENDS} \
     "
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"