diff --git a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api.mk b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api.mk
index ecd8b8532e6d..a8846e26f855 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/mlnx-platform-api.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3 = mlnx_platform_api-1.0-py3-none-any.whl
 $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)_SRC_PATH = $(PLATFORM_PATH)/mlnx-platform-api
 $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)_PYTHON_VERSION = 3
 $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)_DEPENDS = $(SONIC_PY_COMMON_PY3) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_COMMON_PY3) $(SONIC_CONFIG_ENGINE_PY3) $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY2)
+$(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)_DEBS_DEPENDS = $(PYTHON3_SWSSCOMMON)
 SONIC_PYTHON_WHEELS += $(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3)
 
 export mlnx_platform_api_py3_wheel_path="$(addprefix $(PYTHON_WHEELS_PATH)/,$(SONIC_PLATFORM_API_PY3))"