diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rapidjson_1.11.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rapidjson_1.11.bb
index 3ea5594887..74e46ca5fe 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rapidjson_1.11.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-rapidjson_1.11.bb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ DEPENDS += " \
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += " \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-pytest \
     ${PYTHON_PN}-unittest-automake-output \
+    ${PYTHON_PN}-pytz \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += " \