diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_3.20.3.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_3.20.3.bb
index 76b48e1ffc..a4088a2de2 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_3.20.3.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_3.20.3.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "protobuf/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)/"
 DEPENDS += "protobuf"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    ${PYTHON_PN}-ctypes \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-datetime \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-json \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-logging \