diff --git a/external/nss/ExternalProject_nss.mk b/external/nss/ExternalProject_nss.mk
index 404331512c90..a0ca7cf04528 100644
--- a/external/nss/ExternalProject_nss.mk
+++ b/external/nss/ExternalProject_nss.mk
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ else ifneq (,$(filter FREEBSD LINUX NETBSD OPENBSD SOLARIS,$(OS)))
 nss_PYTHON := $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_get_dir,nss)/python
 nss_SETUP_PYTHON := $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_get_dir,nss)/setup-python
 
-$(call gb_ExternalProject_get_state_target,nss,build): $(call gb_ExternalExecutable_get_dependencies,python)
+$(call gb_ExternalProject_get_state_target,nss,build): $(call gb_ExternalExecutable_get_dependencies,python) $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_get_target,gyp)
 	$(call gb_Trace_StartRange,nss,EXTERNAL)
 	echo "#! /bin/sh" > $(nss_PYTHON)
 	pythondir=$$($(call gb_ExternalExecutable_get_command,python) -c 'import sys; import os; sys.stdout.write(os.path.dirname(sys.executable))') \