diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/python-catkin-pkg.inc b/recipes-devtools/python/python-catkin-pkg.inc
index 00a8c1f..832b95f 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/python-catkin-pkg.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/python-catkin-pkg.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://PKG-INFO;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=e910b35b0ef4e1f665b9a75d6afb7709"
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "catkin_pkg"
 
+DEPENDS = "${PYTHON_PN}-pyparsing"
+
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e5103b99a66a74ca7e5104542a897de2"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "77fdfdcf79b1b92498c83eede9ef727e9c6eeec5b0a5e49c0ce83b8caa0afb36"