diff --git a/asdf-encodings.asd b/asdf-encodings.asd
index 916953981c00dcc4c45416658876c979ddc1ad9c..d41550cf363dec6278fe14a51b8e64f3de006a62 100644
--- a/asdf-encodings.asd
+++ b/asdf-encodings.asd
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; -*- Mode: Lisp ; Base: 10 ; Syntax: ANSI-Common-Lisp -*-
 
 (defsystem :asdf-encodings
-  :defsystem-depends-on (:asdf)
+  :defsystem-depends-on (:asdf #-asdf3 :asdf-driver)
   :description "Portable interface to character encodings and your implementation's external-format"
   :components
   ((:file "pkgdcl")