diff --git a/programming/language/python/python-qt5/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python/python-qt5/pspec.xml
index 261682a036..f5c1066a33 100755
--- a/programming/language/python/python-qt5/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python/python-qt5/pspec.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-xmlpatterns</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-connectivity</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-designer</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="4.19.1">python-pyqt5-sip</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-sip</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-qt5/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-qt5/pspec.xml
index 7e8942304f..4fd8ab39ae 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-qt5/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-qt5/pspec.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-declarative</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-xmlpatterns</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="5.12.0">qt5-connectivity</Dependency>
+            <Dependency versionFrom="4.19.1">python3-pyqt5-sip</Dependency>
             <Dependency>qt5-enginio</Dependency>
             <Dependency>qt5-designer</Dependency>
 <!--             <Dependency>qt5-assistant</Dependency> -->