diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/ostree/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/ostree/pspec.xml
index 1ed0a1dce4..454be9db61 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/ostree/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/ostree/pspec.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         <Description>OSTree is a tool for managing bootable, immutable, versioned filesystem trees</Description>
         <Archive sha1sum="afdb1c1aa53a466962fb24f106c6560604c2c5be" type="tarxz">https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/releases/download/v2019.6/libostree-2019.6.tar.xz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>xz-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>zlib-devel</Dependency>