diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-importlib-metadata_0.23.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-importlib-metadata_0.23.bb
index d71c45b5f1..4c53d5fbb5 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-importlib-metadata_0.23.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-importlib-metadata_0.23.bb
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 inherit pypi setuptools3
 require python-importlib-metadata.inc
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python3-misc"