diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
index 7d37f41096..b0958e6975 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-support/ettercap/ettercap_0.8.3.1.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DEPENDS += "ethtool \
             librepo \
             libnet \
             libpcap \
+            libpcre \
             ncurses \
             openssl \
             zlib \