diff --git a/scripts/projects.py b/scripts/projects.py
index 1bb21599..846305d8 100644
--- a/scripts/projects.py
+++ b/scripts/projects.py
@@ -740,6 +740,9 @@ class Projects(object):
         args = parser.parse_args(args_)
         modules = args.module
         flavours = args.flavours.split()
+        if 'build' in flavours and not 'run' in flavours:
+            # TODO: This adds too much. Only the run dependencies of the build dependencies would be needed.
+            flavours.append('run')
         self.debug("flavours = " + args.flavours)
         deps = self.get_modules_from_project_txt(modules, ['pkg.requires.jw'], flavours,
                 scope = 2, add_self=True, names_only=True)