diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
index 2958a2a8de..d365bcd8a3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/meson/meson.inc
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases"
 
 inherit setuptools3
 
-RDEPENDS_${PN} = "ninja python3-core python3-modules"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "ninja python3-modules python3-pkg-resources"
 
 FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/polkit-1"