diff --git a/system/base/libffi/pspec.xml b/system/base/libffi/pspec.xml
index 4b876eca..27717914 100644
--- a/system/base/libffi/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/libffi/pspec.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
         <PartOf>emul32</PartOf>
         <Summary>32-bit shared libraries for libffi</Summary>
         <BuildType>emul32</BuildType>
+        <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>glibc-32bit</Dependency>
+        </BuildDependencies>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency release="current">libffi</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>