diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/iotop/iotop_0.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/iotop/iotop_0.6.bb
index 51ea32c6f3..94643cd24c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/iotop/iotop_0.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/iotop/iotop_0.6.bb
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ do_install_append() {
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-curses python-textutils \
                   python-codecs python-ctypes python-pprint \
-                  python-shell"
+                  python-shell python-subprocess"