diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
index 4896a4c568..9a28ef04b3 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ fi
 
 # some python stuff needed for various addons
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Imaging"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS simplejson"