diff --git a/dev-python/pyqwt/pyqwt-5.2.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/pyqwt/pyqwt-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
index 5f4fe68589985..cd1fb2e2c2521 100644
--- a/dev-python/pyqwt/pyqwt-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pyqwt/pyqwt-5.2.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ SLOT="5"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ia64 x86"
 IUSE="debug doc examples svg"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
-RDEPEND="
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/PyQt4[${PYTHON_USEDEP},compat(+)]
 	dev-python/sip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]