diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/gpsd/gpsd_%.bbappend b/recipes-connectivity/gpsd/gpsd_%.bbappend
index beae5be..276dec3 100644
--- a/recipes-connectivity/gpsd/gpsd_%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/gpsd/gpsd_%.bbappend
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ do_install_append () {
 
 SUMMARY_gps-utils-conf = "gps-utils configuration files" 
 PACKAGES_prepend = "gps-utils-conf "
-RDEPENDS_gps-utils = "gps-utils-conf"
+RDEPENDS_gps-utils += "gps-utils-conf python"
 FILES_gps-utils-conf = "${sysconfdir}/gnss/*.ubx" 
 
 # workaround for receipe backport: gpsd 3.19 is installing shared object files in different