diff --git a/rosdep/python.yaml b/rosdep/python.yaml
index e0e32ffe918f5..7838b88884e96 100644
--- a/rosdep/python.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/python.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ python-empy:
   debian: python-empy
   ubuntu: python-empy
   fedora: python-empy
+python-gridfs:
+  ubuntu: python-gridfs
 python-gst:
   ubuntu: python-gst0.10
 python-gtk2: