diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pandas.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pandas.inc
index 266f8b7a6..8129fd01e 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pandas.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-pandas.inc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += " \
+    ${PYTHON_PN}-json \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-numpy \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-dateutil \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-pytz \