diff --git a/pcl_ros/package.xml b/pcl_ros/package.xml
index e8691b38..2650e1d6 100644
--- a/pcl_ros/package.xml
+++ b/pcl_ros/package.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
   <depend>libvtk-java</depend>
   <!-- libproj-dev needed due to error in vtk6 -->
   <depend>proj</depend>
+  <!-- qtbase5-dev needed due to error in qt5 -->
+  <depend>qtbase5-dev</depend>
 
   <test_depend>rostest</test_depend>