diff --git a/modules/luci-base/Makefile b/modules/luci-base/Makefile
index ea40adc267..00e8ca3d8b 100644
--- a/modules/luci-base/Makefile
+++ b/modules/luci-base/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2008-2014 The LuCI Team <luci@lists.subsignal.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2015 The LuCI Team <luci@lists.subsignal.org>
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 .
 #
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LUCI_TYPE:=mod
 LUCI_BASENAME:=base
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI core libraries
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=lua
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=LuaSrcDiet-0.12.1.tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://luasrcdiet.googlecode.com/files