diff --git a/dev-ruby/test-unit/test-unit-1.2.3-r3.ebuild b/dev-ruby/test-unit/test-unit-1.2.3-r3.ebuild
index c7d0dc66f5fd3..865504c2558ab 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/test-unit/test-unit-1.2.3-r3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/test-unit/test-unit-1.2.3-r3.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
 IUSE=""
 
+ruby_add_rdepend ">=dev-ruby/hoe-1.5.1"
+
 each_ruby_test() {
 	cd test || die
 	${RUBY} -I../lib:.. -S testrb test_*.rb || die