diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_10.16.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_10.16.2.bb
index e259c45..d464e9d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_10.16.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_10.16.2.bb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-npm"
 FILES_${PN}-npm = "${exec_prefix}/lib/node_modules ${bindir}/npm ${bindir}/npx"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-npm = "bash python python-shell python-datetime python-subprocess python-textutils \
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-npm = "bash python-core python-shell python-datetime python-subprocess python-textutils \
     python-compiler python-misc python-multiprocessing"
 
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-systemtap"