diff --git a/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi2_2.3.1.bb b/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi2_2.3.1.bb
index e1028779..2b2dbdfd 100644
--- a/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi2_2.3.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi2_2.3.1.bb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Freescale/libimxvpuapi.git;branch=${SRCBRANCH};proto
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit waf pkgconfig use-imx-headers
+inherit waf pkgconfig use-imx-headers python3native
 
 IMX_PLATFORM:mx6-nxp-bsp = "imx6"
 IMX_PLATFORM:mx8mq-nxp-bsp = "imx8m"
diff --git a/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi_git.bb b/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi_git.bb
index e3a05193..9391a5fb 100644
--- a/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-multimedia/libimxvpuapi/libimxvpuapi_git.bb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/Freescale/libimxvpuapi.git;branch=${SRCBRANCH};proto
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit waf pkgconfig
+inherit waf pkgconfig python3native
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(mx6q-nxp-bsp|mx6dl-nxp-bsp)"