diff --git a/system/base/glibc/pspec.xml b/system/base/glibc/pspec.xml
index a2aa8d51..011e4468 100644
--- a/system/base/glibc/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/glibc/pspec.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
         <BuildType>emul32</BuildType>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency release="current">glibc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>glibc-32bit</Dependency><!-- cyclic dep? -->
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="config">/etc/ld.so.conf.d/60-glibc-32bit.conf</Path>