diff --git a/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml b/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
index 9da3baa17d..bc5752d955 100644
--- a/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/virtualization/xdg-desktop-portal/pspec.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         <Archive sha1sum="b79847b65095f334ef7b02079247f5a87b5413d8" type="targz">https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/archive/1.6.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>xmlto</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
             <Dependency>glib2-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>dbus-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>util-linux</Dependency>