diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-unittest-automake-output_0.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-unittest-automake-output_0.2.bb
index 1fc6180d0e..fefd4654c7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-unittest-automake-output_0.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-unittest-automake-output_0.2.bb
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit python_flit_core
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "python3-unittest"
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"