diff --git a/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml b/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
index b463ea7b5b..3ad9a3d962 100644
--- a/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/build/meson-python/pspec.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             <Dependency>python3-installer</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-typing_extensions</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-importlib_metadata</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-pyproject-metadata</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
             <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-typing_extensions</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-importlib_metadata</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-pyproject-metadata</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc</Path>