diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
index 33d21e9490..f6891b7d6e 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
             <Dependency>gstreamer-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gst-plugins-base-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="1.4.4">flatpak-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-pytest</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
 <!--             <Patch level="1">hack.diff</Patch> -->