diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
index f71d3248bb..281dc3d422 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/canonical-multitouch/geis_2.2.17.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-integration-tests"
 
 FILES_${PN}-bin = "${bindir}"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-bin = " \
+    python3-argparse \
     python3-compression \
     python3-core \
     python3-crypt \