diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
index c9ea0dbdc1..fd1195a13a 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/modules/core/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ export class BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
         RELATION_DEPENDS_ON,
         RELATION_DEPENDENCY_OF,
       );
+      doEmit(
+        component.spec.dependencyOf,
+        { defaultNamespace: selfRef.namespace },
+        RELATION_DEPENDENCY_OF,
+        RELATION_DEPENDS_ON,
+      );
       doEmit(
         component.spec.system,
         { defaultKind: 'System', defaultNamespace: selfRef.namespace },