diff --git a/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk b/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
index 76be8876cc..9a034ba763 100644
--- a/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
+++ b/package/kf5/kf5-kcoreaddons/kf5-kcoreaddons.mk
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ KF5_KCOREADDONS_SOURCE = kcoreaddons-$(KF5_KCOREADDONS_VERSION).tar.xz
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LIB
 
-KF5_KCOREADDONS_DEPENDENCIES = kf5-extra-cmake-modules qt5tools
+KF5_KCOREADDONS_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	kf5-extra-cmake-modules \
+	qt5tools \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),python3)
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 KF5_KCOREADDONS_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)