diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-six.inc b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-six.inc
index 450e05b7a..408c60e88 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-six.inc
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python-six.inc
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ do_compile_append() {
 do_install_append() {
     install -m 0644 ${S}/*.egg ${D}/${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/
 }
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "python-io"