diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
index cd586897a4..599416cb2a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libcec/libcec_6.0.2.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "${PLATFORM_CMAKE_FLAGS}"
 PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN += "${PN}-examples-python ${PN}-examples"
 FILES:${PN}-examples-python = "${bindir}/py*"
 FILES:${PN}-examples = "${bindir}"
+# cec-client doesn't link with libcec, but uses LibCecInitialise to dlopen libcec, so do_package
+# cannot add the runtime dependency automatically
+RDEPENDS:${PN}-examples = "${PN}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-examples-python = "python3-${BPN} python3-core"
 
 # Create the wrapper for python3