diff --git a/desktop/xfce/base/xfdesktop/pspec.xml b/desktop/xfce/base/xfdesktop/pspec.xml
index af0aed6ac9..9e8f452f03 100644
--- a/desktop/xfce/base/xfdesktop/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/xfce/base/xfdesktop/pspec.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="4.19.2">xfce4-panel-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="4.18.1">libxfce4util-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="4.9.2">libxfce4windowing-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>