diff --git a/games-mud/powwow/powwow-1.2.22.ebuild b/games-mud/powwow/powwow-1.2.22.ebuild
index 68e69db45e730..aec8423d0bc73 100644
--- a/games-mud/powwow/powwow-1.2.22.ebuild
+++ b/games-mud/powwow/powwow-1.2.22.ebuild
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 DEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"