diff --git a/recipes/ghostx/meta.yaml b/recipes/ghostx/meta.yaml
index 01271599f0a4ba..205ada602fb768 100644
--- a/recipes/ghostx/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/ghostx/meta.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ requirements:
     - make
     - {{ compiler('c') }}
     - {{ compiler('cxx') }}
+  host:
+    - libgomp # [linux]
+    - llvm-openmp # [osx]
   run:
 
 test: