diff --git a/testing/grub/APKBUILD b/testing/grub/APKBUILD
index f05a0d329b6..fc79982fe86 100644
--- a/testing/grub/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/grub/APKBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license="GPLv3+"
 depends=""
 depends_dev=""
 makedepends="$depends_dev bison flex linux-headers xz-dev lvm2-dev
-	automake autoconf libtool"
+	automake autoconf libtool python"
 install=""
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-doc $pkgname-efi"
 source="ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-$_ver.tar.xz