diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
index e9c5c0c9f3..c43f39cd1d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/perf/perf.bb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-archive ${PN}-tests ${PN}-perl ${PN}-python"
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "elfutils bash"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-archive =+ "bash"
-RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python"
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-python =+ "bash python python-modules"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-perl =+ "bash perl perl-modules"
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests =+ "python"