diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostopic_1.9.41.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostopic_1.9.41.bb
index 69f4b1a48f6656f0c06403e7a92169d1f813ce3d..914b627ba833cb971c8b748480ec424e2586a0f3 100644
--- a/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostopic_1.9.41.bb
+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm/rostopic_1.9.41.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=17;endline=17;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
 
 DEPENDS = "rostest-native"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "rosbag"
 
 require ros-comm.inc