diff --git a/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml b/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
index fa9fa18886..aeea39e890 100644
--- a/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     <Package>
         <Name>meson-python</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
+            <Dependency>meson</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>patchelf</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>