diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
index 9d6029f8fd..5f3ad36a53 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/meta
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 # some python stuff needed for various addons
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS Imaging"
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS simplejson"
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pycrypto
 
 # various PVR clients
   PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS xbmc-pvr-addons"