diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/libinput_1.26.1.bb b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/libinput_1.26.1.bb
index 487270505a..74fbbdb000 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/libinput_1.26.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/wayland/libinput_1.26.1.bb
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ RPROVIDES:${PN} = "libinput"
 RREPLACES:${PN} = "libinput"
 RCONFLICTS:${PN} = "libinput"
 
+RDEPENDS:${PN} = "python3 python3-libevdev python3-pyudev"
+
 FILES:${PN}-ptest += "${libexecdir}/libinput/libinput-test-suite"