diff --git a/programming/build/meson/pspec.xml b/programming/build/meson/pspec.xml
index fc14a9ca98..7f491f09b3 100755
--- a/programming/build/meson/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/build/meson/pspec.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     <Package>
         <Name>meson</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
+            <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>ninja</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>