diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
index 5c762bb6..d821b8b6 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-setuptools/pspec.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
             <Dependency>python3-more-itertools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-ordered-set</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-platformdirs</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>