diff --git a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.3.0.ebuild b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.3.0.ebuild
index 419ad8f2eee60..070fd791953a9 100644
--- a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.3.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	xdg_icon_cache_update
 
 	optfeature "Viewing processes accessing certain files" sys-process/lsof
+	optfeature "Tracing system calls and signals of processes" dev-debug/strace
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {
diff --git a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.0.ebuild b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.0.ebuild
index b1c98d474d3e2..5490dcedb4739 100644
--- a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	xdg_icon_cache_update
 
 	optfeature "Viewing processes accessing certain files" sys-process/lsof
+	optfeature "Tracing system calls and signals of processes" dev-debug/strace
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {
diff --git a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.1-r2.ebuild b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.1-r2.ebuild
index 780cd21e64919..cdef2dd1fd979 100644
--- a/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/htop/htop-3.4.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	fcaps -m '' cap_sys_ptrace usr/bin/htop
 
 	optfeature "Viewing processes accessing certain files" sys-process/lsof
+	optfeature "Tracing system calls and signals of processes" dev-debug/strace
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {
diff --git a/sys-process/htop/htop-9999.ebuild b/sys-process/htop/htop-9999.ebuild
index 5a4bd6ee9d8ac..6902a9772803b 100644
--- a/sys-process/htop/htop-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/htop/htop-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	fcaps -m '' cap_sys_ptrace usr/bin/htop
 
 	optfeature "Viewing processes accessing certain files" sys-process/lsof
+	optfeature "Tracing system calls and signals of processes" dev-debug/strace
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {