diff --git a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
index 971be922..8b7b2f3c 100755
--- a/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
+++ b/features/src/rapids-build-utils/opt/rapids-build-utils/manifest.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ repos:
       sub_dir: cpp/libcudf_kafka
       depends: [cudf]
   python:
+    - name: libcudf
+      sub_dir: python/libcudf
+      depends: [cudf]
     - name: pylibcudf
       sub_dir: python/pylibcudf
       depends: [cudf]