diff --git a/changes/1660.fix.md b/changes/1660.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdb57be2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/1660.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix `backend.ai-agent` package not recognizing `backend.ai-kernel` as dependency when building python package
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/agent/BUILD b/src/ai/backend/agent/BUILD
index 86cc0865fc..1511b50d61 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/agent/BUILD
+++ b/src/ai/backend/agent/BUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ visibility_private_component(
         "//src/ai/backend/plugin/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/cli/**",  # not auto-inferred
         "//src/ai/backend/runner/**",
+        "//src/ai/backend/kernel/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/helpers/**",
     ],
 )
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ python_distribution(
     name="dist",
     dependencies=[
         ":src",
+        "src/ai/backend/kernel:src",
         ":kernel-support",  # not auto-inferred
         "!!stubs/trafaret:stubs",
     ],
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/kernel/BUILD b/src/ai/backend/kernel/BUILD
index 3aafbdd9d6..81b21d145c 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/kernel/BUILD
+++ b/src/ai/backend/kernel/BUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ python_sources(
 )
 
 visibility_private_component(
-    allowed_dependents=[],
+    allowed_dependents=[
+        "//src/ai/backend/agent/**",
+    ],
     allowed_dependencies=[
         "//src/ai/backend/runner/**",
         "//src/ai/backend/helpers/**",