diff --git a/programming/library/libnvme/pspec.xml b/programming/library/libnvme/pspec.xml
index b59482d0ba..8bd6abfea6 100644
--- a/programming/library/libnvme/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/library/libnvme/pspec.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
             <Dependency>dbus-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>json-c-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <!--
         <Patches>