diff --git a/multimedia/converter/pythonmagick/pspec.xml b/multimedia/converter/pythonmagick/pspec.xml
index 7745595d93..637463503c 100644
--- a/multimedia/converter/pythonmagick/pspec.xml
+++ b/multimedia/converter/pythonmagick/pspec.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>boost-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>imagemagick-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>