diff --git a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
index 656b4c7583aa1..57ee497cb38ec 100644
--- a/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/ansible/ansible-9999.ebuild
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	>=dev-python/packaging-16.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
 		${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/nose[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]