diff --git a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
index c01b3203dde21..754de8ce17387 100644
--- a/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nltk/nltk-3.5.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~x86-solaris"
 IUSE="tk"
 
-RDEPEND="dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/joblib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/regex[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		dev-python/joblib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]