diff --git a/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.3.1.ebuild b/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.3.1.ebuild
index 352e4991f6ce6..ab42e282b7534 100644
--- a/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.3.1.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ DEPEND=" ${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	dev-lang/swig
 	>=sys-devel/libtool-2.2
-	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )"
+	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen
+		dev-util/source-highlight )"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
diff --git a/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.4.ebuild b/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.4.ebuild
index f7d9f12e8a35a..b741ce89b037d 100644
--- a/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/hamlib/hamlib-4.4.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ DEPEND=" ${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	dev-lang/swig
 	>=sys-devel/libtool-2.2
-	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen )"
+	doc? ( app-doc/doxygen
+		dev-util/source-highlight )"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"