diff --git a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-python-autotools.bbclass b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-python-autotools.bbclass
index 5a8e1e2..d69eb34 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-python-autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta-phosphor/classes/obmc-phosphor-python-autotools.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 inherit obmc-phosphor-utils
 inherit pythonnative
 
+DEPENDS += "python"
+
 export BUILD_SYS
 export HOST_SYS
 export STAGING_INCDIR