diff --git a/recipes-ros2/ros2-launch/ros2-launch_git.bb b/recipes-ros2/ros2-launch/ros2-launch_git.bb
index baddb79..dbcc7b2 100644
--- a/recipes-ros2/ros2-launch/ros2-launch_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros2/ros2-launch/ros2-launch_git.bb
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/ros2/launch.git;protocol=git;"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git/launch"
 
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${PYTHON_PN}-asyncio"
+
 inherit setuptools3