diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.8.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.8.bb
index 6ba24899f6..7c534fe656 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.8.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.8.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "protobuf/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)/"
 DEPENDS += "protobuf"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    python3-ctypes \
     python3-datetime \
     python3-json \
     python3-logging \