diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.7.2.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.7.2.bb
index 576e4a5535..d2cce709cb 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.7.2.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pyproj_3.7.2.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SRC_URI += "file://rpath.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "39a0cf1ecc7e282d1d30f36594ebd55c9fae1fda8a2622cee5d100430628f88c"
 
-DEPENDS = "proj proj-native"
+DEPENDS = "proj proj-native python3-wheel-native"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = " \
     python3-certifi \