diff --git a/programming/language/python3/python3-flit-core/pspec.xml b/programming/language/python3/python3-flit-core/pspec.xml
index 9005a87cc3..e8fb43d825 100644
--- a/programming/language/python3/python3-flit-core/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/python3/python3-flit-core/pspec.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-requests</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-docutils</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>