diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.9.5.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.9.5.bb
index 8005d1275b..d5c95cf546 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.9.5.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyroute2_0.9.5.bb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \
     python3-pkgutil \
     python3-pprint \
     python3-shell \
+    python3-unittest \
     python3-unixadmin \
 "