diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-defusedxml_0.7.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-defusedxml_0.7.1.bb
index 3396c7262d..8ec6680d8f 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-defusedxml_0.7.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-defusedxml_0.7.1.bb
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1bb3032db185915b62d7c6209c5a8792be6a32ab2fedacc84e01b52c51
 inherit pypi setuptools3
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"
+
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-xml"