diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
index 46092d4004..292c5bbc5d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
     },
     "core": {
         "summary": "Python interpreter and core modules",
-        "rdepends": [],
+        "rdepends": ["compression"],
         "files": [
             "${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}",
             "${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}.real",