diff --git a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
index 0681ba6216..9889027606 100644
--- a/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
+++ b/x11/terminal/vte/pspec.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
             <Dependency>intltool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>harfbuzz-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>graphite2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python-six</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
             <Patch level="1">vte-0.28.2-limit-arguments.patch</Patch>