diff --git a/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/Code/CMakeLists.txt b/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/Code/CMakeLists.txt
index a6044e717b..b90f2d7703 100644
--- a/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/Code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/Code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ if(PAL_TRAIT_BUILD_HOST_TOOLS)
         BUILD_DEPENDENCIES
             PUBLIC
                 Gem::${Name}.Editor.Static
+        RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES
+            Gem::QtForPython.Editor
     )
 
     # By default, we will specify that the above target ${Name} would be used by
diff --git a/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/gem.json b/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/gem.json
index d4ff637bee..84f5b65a3e 100644
--- a/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/gem.json
+++ b/Templates/PythonToolGem/Template/gem.json
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@
         "${Name}"
     ],
     "icon_path": "preview.png",
-    "requirements": ""
+    "requirements": "",
+    "dependencies": [
+        "QtForPython"
+    ]
 }