diff --git a/desktop/mate/mate-system-monitor/pspec.xml b/desktop/mate/mate-system-monitor/pspec.xml
index 2e687be0a9..29465668f0 100644
--- a/desktop/mate/mate-system-monitor/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/mate/mate-system-monitor/pspec.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
             <Dependency>mate-common</Dependency>
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>itstool</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>