diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-tzdata_2026.3.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-tzdata_2026.3.bb
index 3284b1bb51..0216d4f0b9 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-tzdata_2026.3.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-tzdata_2026.3.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4a1518b8993086a7982523e071643f3c0e5f213e75b21318e78bcabfff
 
 inherit pypi python_setuptools_build_meta ptest-python-pytest
 
+DEPENDS += "python3-wheel-native"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "\
     python3-attrs \
     python3-pytest-subtests \