diff --git a/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle b/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
index 23230500a6..ce895ebae6 100644
--- a/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
+++ b/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * 
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- * 
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ task assemblePyPackage(type: Copy) {
 }
 
 task buildPyPackage {
+	dependsOn assemblePyPackage
 	ext.dist = { file("build/pypkg/dist") }
 	inputs.files(assemblePyPackage)
 	outputs.dir(dist)