diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.3.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.3.bb
index b9b03badd0..9695880d02 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.3.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-protobuf_4.25.3.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_REGEX = "protobuf/(?P<pver>\d+(\.\d+)+)/"
 DEPENDS += "protobuf"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    python3-ctypes \
     python3-datetime \
     python3-json \
     python3-logging \