diff --git a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/ply/__init__.py b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/ply/__init__.py
index 4978d5280..210b70ad1 100644
--- a/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/ply/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/android/p4a_recipes/ply/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ util = load_source('util', os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__
 
 
 assert PlyRecipe._version == "3.11"
-assert PlyRecipe.depends == ['packaging']
+assert PlyRecipe.depends == ['packaging', 'python3']
 assert PlyRecipe.python_depends == []