diff --git a/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
index cf73dc295f..2fcc6ae7cb 100644
--- a/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
             <Dependency>geoip-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libtool</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>