diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/Makefile b/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/Makefile
index 1e7f49a12ea5..5d47ccea215b 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/Makefile
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-bootstrap/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=Bootstrap Theme (default)
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-material/Makefile b/themes/luci-theme-material/Makefile
index 0fdd55edd448..67bc45463b10 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-material/Makefile
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-material/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=Material Theme
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base
 
 define Package/luci-theme-material/postrm
 #!/bin/sh
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt-2020/Makefile b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt-2020/Makefile
index 8b0c1a93a5cd..792c55fad803 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt-2020/Makefile
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt-2020/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI modern OpenWrt theme
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base
 
 define Package/luci-theme-openwrt-2020/postrm
 #!/bin/sh
diff --git a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/Makefile b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/Makefile
index 41f479157c18..4d707b90e17f 100644
--- a/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/Makefile
+++ b/themes/luci-theme-openwrt/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=LuCI OpenWrt.org theme
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base
 
 define Package/luci-theme-openwrt/postrm
 #!/bin/sh