diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-build/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-build/pspec.xml
index c6a638e78a..c5269943d2 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-build/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-build/pspec.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-tomli</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-wheel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-pep517</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-packaging</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>