diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index e7de4cc6122..e2b30e7206b 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ configure_package() {
 
   case "${KODI_MYSQL_SUPPORT}" in
     mysql)
-      PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="${PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET} mysql"
+      PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" mysql"
       KODI_MYSQL="-DENABLE_MYSQLCLIENT=ON -DENABLE_MARIADBCLIENT=OFF"
       ;;
     mariadb)
-      PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="${PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET} mariadb-connector-c"
+      PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" mariadb-connector-c"
       KODI_MYSQL="-DENABLE_MARIADBCLIENT=ON -DENABLE_MYSQLCLIENT=OFF"
       ;;
     *)