diff --git a/rules/sonic-host-services.mk b/rules/sonic-host-services.mk
index eeb931ce5666..6d204fa41e0a 100644
--- a/rules/sonic-host-services.mk
+++ b/rules/sonic-host-services.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3 = sonic_host_services-1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)_SRC_PATH = $(SRC_PATH)/sonic-host-services
 $(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
-$(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)_DEPENDS += $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3)
+$(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)_DEPENDS += $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3) \
+                                      $(SONIC_UTILITIES_PY3)
 $(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)_DEBS_DEPENDS = $(LIBSWSSCOMMON) \
                                           $(PYTHON3_SWSSCOMMON)
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_HOST_SERVICES_PY3)