diff --git a/lang/python/python/Makefile b/lang/python/python/Makefile
index 77652bd1f..d4c657b4f 100644
--- a/lang/python/python/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python/Makefile
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
+PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=CONFIG_PACKAGE_python-setuptools CONFIG_PACKAGE_python-pip
+
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=bzip2/host expat/host
 
diff --git a/lang/python/python3/Makefile b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
index 614dc2c88..02c103193 100644
--- a/lang/python/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python/python3/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/Python-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
+PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=CONFIG_PACKAGE_python3-setuptools CONFIG_PACKAGE_python3-pip
+
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python3/host
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=bzip2/host expat/host libffi/host