diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index b5d18b14d90..27d06ec45fe 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   <depend>fastcdr</depend>
   <depend>foonathan_memory_vendor</depend>
   <depend>tinyxml2</depend>
+  <depend>python3</depend>
 
   <buildtool_depend>cmake</buildtool_depend>