diff --git a/recipes-ros/rosbridge-suite/rosapi_0.7.16.bb b/recipes-ros/rosbridge-suite/rosapi_0.7.16.bb
index 54710ec..384aee0 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/rosbridge-suite/rosapi_0.7.16.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/rosbridge-suite/rosapi_0.7.16.bb
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=10;endline=10;md5=d566ef916e9de
 
 DEPENDS = "message-generation rospy rosservice"
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-json"
+
 require rosbridge-suite.inc