diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-PyYAML/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-PyYAML/pspec.xml
index 51bf355e69..e39ef01ce9 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-PyYAML/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-PyYAML/pspec.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency versionFrom="0.2.2">libyaml-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency versionFrom="3.8.0">python3-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <AdditionalFiles>
             <AdditionalFile owner="root" target="ext/_yaml.c" group="root" permission="0644">_yaml.c</AdditionalFile>
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency versionFrom="3.8.0">python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libyaml</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="doc">/usr/share/doc/python3-PyYAML</Path>