diff --git a/multimedia/video/xavs/pspec.xml b/multimedia/video/xavs/pspec.xml
index d0dccb0b08..51ca691106 100755
--- a/multimedia/video/xavs/pspec.xml
+++ b/multimedia/video/xavs/pspec.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         <Summary>XAVS is to implement high quality encoder and decoder of the Audio Video Standard of China (AVS).</Summary>
         <Description>XAVS is to implement high quality encoder and decoder of the Audio Video Standard of China (AVS).</Description>
 		<Archive sha1sum="e5f71203a632ac2a97f67e86f77b00910853cd60" type="tarxz">https://sourceforge.net/projects/pisilinux/files/source/xavs-0.1.55.tar.xz</Archive>
+		<BuildDependencies>
+			<Dependency>yasm</Dependency>
+		</BuildDependencies>
 		<Patches>
 			<Patch level="1">xavs-dynamic-xavs.patch</Patch>
 			<Patch level="1">xavs-0.1.55-dont-strip-symbols.patch</Patch>