diff --git a/utils/coreutils/Makefile b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
index 1082f364d..7f07be84a 100644
--- a/utils/coreutils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ COREUTILS_APPLETS := \
 DEPENDS_sort = +libpthread
 DEPENDS_timeout = +librt
 DEPENDS_uptime = +libelf
+DEPENDS_expr = +libgmp
 
 define Package/coreutils/Default
   SECTION:=utils