diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
index 051c6ccebc..3166935db8 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-meta-python.bb
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ RDEPENDS:packagegroup-meta-python3 = "\
     python3-future \
     python3-frozenlist \
     python3-gast \
+    python3-gcovr \
     python3-geojson \
     python3-geomet \
     python3-gevent \