diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/xcb/xcb-proto.inc b/meta/recipes-graphics/xcb/xcb-proto.inc
index e93b1a2ff1..feb9e4dd53 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/xcb/xcb-proto.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/xcb/xcb-proto.inc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LICENSE = "MIT-X"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://xcb.freedesktop.org/dist/xcb-proto-${PV}.tar.bz2"
 
-inherit autotools pkgconfig
+inherit autotools pkgconfig pythonnative
 
 PACKAGES += "python-xcbgen"