diff --git a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/baseProject.cpp b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/baseProject.cpp
index 8badec79..9013cf64 100644
--- a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/baseProject.cpp
+++ b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/baseProject.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ void baseProject::addAddon(ofAddon & addon){
     for(int i=0;i<(int)addons.size();i++){
 		if(addons[i].name==addon.name) return;
 	}
+    
+    for(int i=0;i<addon.dependencies.size();i++){
+        addAddon(addon.dependencies[i]);
+    }
 
 	addons.push_back(addon);
 
diff --git a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/visualStudioProject.cpp b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/visualStudioProject.cpp
index 0df6cbb4..726d9108 100644
--- a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/visualStudioProject.cpp
+++ b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/visualStudioProject.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ void visualStudioProject::addAddon(ofAddon & addon){
 		if(addons[i].name==addon.name) return;
 	}
 
+    for(int i=0;i<addon.dependencies.size();i++){
+        baseProject::addAddon(addon.dependencies[i]);
+    }
+
 	addons.push_back(addon);
 
     for(int i=0;i<(int)addon.includePaths.size();i++){
diff --git a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/xcodeProject.cpp b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/xcodeProject.cpp
index 6cc39bcb..0463b9e1 100644
--- a/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/xcodeProject.cpp
+++ b/ofxProjectGenerator/src/projects/xcodeProject.cpp
@@ -1165,6 +1165,10 @@ void xcodeProject::addAddon(ofAddon & addon){
 		if(addons[i].name==addon.name) return;
 	}
 
+    for(int i=0;i<addon.dependencies.size();i++){
+        baseProject::addAddon(addon.dependencies[i]);
+    }
+
 	addons.push_back(addon);
 
     for(int i=0;i<(int)addon.includePaths.size();i++){