diff --git a/media-sound/pulseeffects/pulseeffects-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/pulseeffects/pulseeffects-9999.ebuild
index e9dde9ba03b95..1d89fa03f254b 100644
--- a/media-sound/pulseeffects/pulseeffects-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/pulseeffects/pulseeffects-9999.ebuild
@@ -42,9 +42,11 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=media-libs/zita-convolver-3.0.0
 	media-libs/libebur128
 	>=media-video/pipewire-0.3.24[gstreamer]
-	sys-apps/dbus"
+	sys-apps/dbus
+	gnome-extra/yelp"
 # see 47a950b00c6db383ad07502a8fc396ecca98c1ce for dev-libs/appstream-glib
 # and sys-devel/gettext depends reasoning
+# gnome-extra/yelp needed for help docs link from app
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	dev-libs/appstream-glib