diff --git a/lttngpy/package.xml b/lttngpy/package.xml
index 0a50f43..78b5be5 100644
--- a/lttngpy/package.xml
+++ b/lttngpy/package.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   <depend>liblttng-ctl-dev</depend>
 
   <build_depend>pybind11_vendor</build_depend>
+  <build_depend>python3-dev</build_depend>
 
   <exec_depend>rpyutils</exec_depend>