diff --git a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/krb5/package.py b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/krb5/package.py
index a1ff6605435..ae299b13562 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/krb5/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/krb5/package.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Krb5(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("openssl@:1", when="@:1.19")
     depends_on("openssl")
     depends_on("gettext")
+    depends_on("libedit")
     depends_on("perl", type="build")
     depends_on("findutils", type="build")
     depends_on("pkgconfig", type="build")