diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-simplejson_4.1.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-simplejson_4.1.1.bb
index 3f7ecf7696..ad6a273a80 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-simplejson_4.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-simplejson_4.1.1.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "c08eb9f7a90f77ae470e19a07472e9a79ebc0d1c2315d86a72767665bd
 
 inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta
 
+DEPENDS += "python3-wheel-native"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     python3-io \
     python3-netserver \