diff --git a/science/py-meshio/Makefile b/science/py-meshio/Makefile
index 174886d7602c..5770e4780961 100644
--- a/science/py-meshio/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-meshio/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=	meshio
 PORTVERSION=	5.3.5
 CATEGORIES=	science cad python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	I/O for many mesh formats
 WWW=		https://github.com/nschloe/meshio
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}	\
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}	\
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}h5py>0:science/py-h5py@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rich>0:textproc/py-rich@${PY_FLAVOR}\
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netCDF4>0:science/py-netCDF4@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		pytest python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517
 PLIST_SUB=	VER=${PORTVERSION}
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>