diff --git a/rosdep/base.yaml b/rosdep/base.yaml
index ed905de5af050..556d487363cff 100644
--- a/rosdep/base.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/base.yaml
@@ -2813,6 +2813,8 @@ libvtk-qt:
     vivid: [libvtk5-qt4-dev]
     wily: [libvtk5-qt4-dev]
     xenial: [libvtk6-qt-dev]
+libwebp-dev:
+  ubuntu: [libwebp-dev]
 libx11:
   arch: [libx11]
   debian: [libx11-dev]