diff --git a/desktop/gnome/base/evolution-data-server/pspec.xml b/desktop/gnome/base/evolution-data-server/pspec.xml
index 47209c2e68..38f4218da0 100644
--- a/desktop/gnome/base/evolution-data-server/pspec.xml
+++ b/desktop/gnome/base/evolution-data-server/pspec.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
             <Dependency>gobject-introspection-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>gettext-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>cmake</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
             <Dependency>webkit2gtk-4.1-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>webkit2gtk-6.0-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>