diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-rosinstall_0.6.21.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/python-rosinstall_0.6.21.bb
index f0cc93c..d955a1c 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-rosinstall_0.6.21.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python-rosinstall_0.6.21.bb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/${SRCNAME}-${PV}"
 
 # install_requires=['vcstools', 'pyyaml'],
 DEPENDS += "python-vcstools python-pyyaml"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-vcstools"
 
 inherit setuptools