diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/topic-tools_1.9.41.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/topic-tools_1.9.41.bb
index cc92c6120800256c1db6915d406ddbce068ddd00..d1afb6524e3c6362b20eeb44dacd06fffc2b0727 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/topic-tools_1.9.41.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/topic-tools_1.9.41.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=17;endline=17;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
-DEPENDS = "rostest-native"
+DEPENDS = "rostest-native roscpp"
 
 require ros-comm.inc