diff --git a/hardware/disk/btrfs-progs/pspec.xml b/hardware/disk/btrfs-progs/pspec.xml
index ca5d2160e3..5b58e587ab 100644
--- a/hardware/disk/btrfs-progs/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/disk/btrfs-progs/pspec.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             <Dependency>util-linux</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libxslt</Dependency>
             <Dependency>e2fsprogs-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
     <Package>