diff --git a/recipes-extended/socket-uart/socket-uart_0.0.1.bb b/recipes-extended/socket-uart/socket-uart_0.0.1.bb
index c9164af..5abba58 100644
--- a/recipes-extended/socket-uart/socket-uart_0.0.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-extended/socket-uart/socket-uart_0.0.1.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SRC_URI = " \
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}"
 
-RDEPENS = "socat"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "socat"
 
 # Override variable from local.conf with 
 # SOCAT_SOCKET_UART_DEFAULT_IP_pn-socket-uart = "6.6.6.6"