diff --git a/app-accessibility/pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx-0.8.ebuild b/app-accessibility/pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx-0.8.ebuild
index 118c096bdf453..6b2f52862a613 100644
--- a/app-accessibility/pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx-0.8.ebuild
+++ b/app-accessibility/pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx-0.8.ebuild
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="python static-libs"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 RDEPEND="app-accessibility/sphinxbase
 	media-libs/gstreamer:0.10