diff --git a/create-modulemd.sh b/create-modulemd.sh
index f63d5fd..2283291 100755
--- a/create-modulemd.sh
+++ b/create-modulemd.sh
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ cat << EOT
                 rationale: Build dep for many packages.
                 ref: f26
                 buildorder: 5
+            expat:
+                rationale: Component for shared userspace - expat (dependency of python2)
+                ref: f26
+                buildorder: 1
 EOT
 cat $modulerpmsfile
 
diff --git a/shared-userspace.yaml b/shared-userspace.yaml
index 40510cd..26ea491 100644
--- a/shared-userspace.yaml
+++ b/shared-userspace.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ data:
             - alsa-lib
             - hesiod
             - libusb
+            - expat
+            - expat-devel
     components:
         rpms:
             xapian-core:
@@ -72,3 +74,8 @@ data:
                 rationale: Component for shared userspace - libusb.
                 ref: f26
                 buildorder: 10
+            expat:
+                rationale: Component for shared userspace - expat (dependency of python2)
+                ref: f26
+                buildorder: 1
+