diff --git a/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/cockpit/cockpit_304.bb b/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/cockpit/cockpit_304.bb
index ab05fd3777..df7f47a118 100644
--- a/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/cockpit/cockpit_304.bb
+++ b/meta-webserver/recipes-webadmin/cockpit/cockpit_304.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a87d090c930e2058bb3e970ca7f2bafe678687966b5c0b8b42a802977e
 inherit gettext pkgconfig autotools systemd features_check
 inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'old-bridge', '', 'python3targetconfig', d)}
 
-DEPENDS += "glib-2.0-native intltool-native gnutls virtual/gettext json-glib krb5 libpam systemd"
+DEPENDS += "glib-2.0-native intltool-native gnutls virtual/gettext json-glib krb5 libpam systemd python3-setuptools-native"
 DEPENDS += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'old-bridge', '', 'python3-pip-native', d)}"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST:libc-musl = "null"