diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-xlib/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-xlib/pspec.xml
index 92b9e19e19..276d2ffdec 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-xlib/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-xlib/pspec.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <Description>The Python X Library is intended to be a fully functional X client library for Python programs. It is written entirely in Python, in contrast to earlier X libraries for Python (the ancient X extension and the newer plxlib) which were interfaces to the C Xlib.</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="4ed29f45e653ebe258a719d935853699065a99ea" type="targz">https://github.com/python-xlib/python-xlib/archive/0.31.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>pip3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>