diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-grpcio-tools.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-grpcio-tools.inc
index 1a15c48..6675f90 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-grpcio-tools.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-grpcio-tools.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.grpc.io/"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 
-DEPENDS_append = "${PYTHON_PN}-grpcio"
+DEPENDS_append = " ${PYTHON_PN}-grpcio"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "${PYTHON_PN}-grpcio"
 
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"