diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-pocketsphinx/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-pocketsphinx/pspec.xml
index 81e76706b5..14f936c7d0 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-pocketsphinx/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-pocketsphinx/pspec.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>swig</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>alsa-lib-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>pulseaudio-libs-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python-setuptools</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>