diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-django.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-django.inc
index 54c77c827..73b7ac99f 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-django.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-django.inc
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} += "\
     ${PYTHON_PN}-threading \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-unixadmin \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-xml \
+    ${PYTHON_PN}-distutils \
 "