diff --git a/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.5.85.bb b/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.5.85.bb
index 1b0cbcfc3c3a4db7f00b44fb77ce6285a88d890b..3c6304d31eee85ba5defa675efbeaa151189c2d6 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.5.85.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/catkin/catkin_0.5.85.bb
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ FILES_${PN}-dev += "\
 RDEPENDS_${PN}_class-native = ""
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "cmake make binutils binutils-symlinks gcc gcc-symlinks g++ g++-symlinks \
     python-catkin-pkg python-argparse python-misc python-multiprocessing \
-    python-shell python-subprocess python-xml"
+    python-shell python-subprocess python-xml python-pkgutil"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND += "native"