diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-12.0.1.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-12.0.1.ebuild
index 2d218b9b61d0a..9d49c42bd7c69 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-12.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-12.0.1.ebuild
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	net-misc/bridge-utils
 	compute? (
 		app-cdr/cdrkit
+		sys-fs/dosfstools
 		kvm? ( app-emulation/qemu )
 		xen? ( app-emulation/xen
 			   app-emulation/xen-tools )
diff --git a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2015.2.9999.ebuild b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2015.2.9999.ebuild
index 0e80b1dda1076..2c6ccd07eb575 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2015.2.9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/nova/nova-2015.2.9999.ebuild
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	net-misc/bridge-utils
 	compute? (
 		app-cdr/cdrkit
+		sys-fs/dosfstools
 		kvm? ( app-emulation/qemu )
 		xen? ( app-emulation/xen
 			   app-emulation/xen-tools )