diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-sphinx/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python/python-sphinx/pspec.xml
index 736e05ee35..aa233e20a8 100644
--- a/programming/language/python/python-sphinx/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-sphinx/pspec.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
             <Dependency>docutils</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-Pygments</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-Jinja2</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-MarkupSafe</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch level="1">remove_docutils.patch</Patch>