diff --git a/utils/packaging/ui/deb/debian/control b/utils/packaging/ui/deb/debian/control
index 0151b329..5131d040 100644
--- a/utils/packaging/ui/deb/debian/control
+++ b/utils/packaging/ui/deb/debian/control
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Depends:
  python3-pyinotify,
  python3-grpcio,
  python3-protobuf,
+ python3-packaging,
  python3-slugify,
  python3-notify2,
  xdg-user-dirs,
diff --git a/utils/packaging/ui/rpm/opensnitch-ui.spec b/utils/packaging/ui/rpm/opensnitch-ui.spec
index 5d99f6c0..4369d104 100644
--- a/utils/packaging/ui/rpm/opensnitch-ui.spec
+++ b/utils/packaging/ui/rpm/opensnitch-ui.spec
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ BuildArch: noarch
 Vendor: OpenSnitch project
 Packager: Gustavo Iñiguez Goya <gooffy1@gmail.com>
 Url: https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch
-Requires: python3, python3-pip, (netcfg or setup), (python3-pyinotify or python3-inotify), python3-qt5, python3-notify2
-Recommends: (python3-slugify or python3-python-slugify), python3-protobuf >= 3.0, python3-grpcio >= 1.10.0, (qgnomeplatform-qt5 or QGnomePlatform-qt5)
+Requires: python3, python3-pip, (netcfg or setup), (python3-pyinotify or python3-inotify), python3-qt5
+Recommends: (python3-slugify or python3-python-slugify), python3-notify2, python3-protobuf >= 3.0, python3-grpcio >= 1.10.0, (qgnomeplatform-qt5 or QGnomePlatform-qt5), (python3-packaging or python-rpm-packaging)
 
 # avoid to depend on a particular python version
 %global __requires_exclude ^python\\(abi\\) = 3\\..$