diff --git a/profiles/arch/riscv/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/riscv/package.use.mask
index 6cd7334543510..1c2c1f803a2f6 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/riscv/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/riscv/package.use.mask
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dev-libs/icu doc
 dev-libs/iniparser doc
 dev-libs/libnl python
 dev-libs/libxslt python
-dev-python/cython doc
+dev-python/cython doc test
 dev-python/snakeoil test
 dev-util/catalyst iso
 dev-util/pkgconf test