diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/conf/layer.conf
index e05a652..38aab8d 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-multimedia/conf/layer.conf
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 # cause compatibility issues with other layers
 LAYERVERSION_multimedia-layer = "1"
 
-LAYERDEPENDS_multimedia-layer = "core"
+LAYERDEPENDS_multimedia-layer = "core meta-python"
 
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_multimedia-layer = "thud warrior"