diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-netaddr_0.8.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-netaddr_0.8.0.bb
index f3d378a59..5ba006691 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-netaddr_0.8.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-netaddr_0.8.0.bb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "d6cc57c7a07b1d9d2e917aa8b36ae8ce61c35ba3fcd1b83ca31c5a0ee2
 inherit pypi setuptools3
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
+    python3-io \
     python3-pprint \
     python3-xml \
 "
