diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index 79664c2fb3..34551a5f0c 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_PATH "&YOCTO_POKY;/oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
-     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3">
+     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 pip3">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
-     findutils which file cpio python">
+     findutils which file cpio python pip3">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
-     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar">
+     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar pip3">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
-     perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue">
+     perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue pip3">