diff --git a/tools/coreutils/Makefile b/tools/coreutils/Makefile
index 4109fd77b3..e338796053 100644
--- a/tools/coreutils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=8891d349ee87b9ff7870f52b6d9312a9db672d2439d289bc57084771ca21656b
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL := 1
 
-BUILD_PROGRAMS = date readlink
+BUILD_PROGRAMS = date readlink touch
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk