diff --git a/packages/py-pdb2pqr/package.py b/packages/py-pdb2pqr/package.py
index 39c2a60bf3a2fd8d4271d6ef1c4ff9fbb6376406..40e02c1b304c6e47b8c608929b3c285cb6bd9ad1 100644
--- a/packages/py-pdb2pqr/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-pdb2pqr/package.py
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ class PyPdb2pqr(PythonPackage):
     version('3.5.2', sha256='9d145ff3797a563ce818f9d2488413ac339f66c58230670c2455b2572cccd957')
     
     depends_on('python@3.8:', type=('build','run'))
+    depends_on('py-docutils@:0.18', type=('build','run'))
+    depends_on('py-mmcif@1.1.2:', type=('build','run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build','run'))
+    depends_on('py-propka@3.2:', type=('build','run'))
+    depends_on('py-requests', type=('build','run'))
diff --git a/spack.yaml b/spack.yaml
index 50e002ff23811132320a1a91a4447ddf6ad7c5c1..865c103d0553c11ab2f32b6de15231ae3e10cad7 100644
--- a/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ spack:
     #- biobb-common
     #- biobb-md
     - apbs
-    #- py-pdb2pqr
+    - py-pdb2pqr
     #- sda
     # demo for codejam12
     #- funniest1022