diff --git a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.5.ebuild b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.5.ebuild
index 6507c34be9430..e162a6ea2a5ab 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.5.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ RDEPEND="dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	media-libs/sdl2-ttf
 	virtual/jpeg:62
 "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/pygame-sdl2-for-renpy-${PV}
 
diff --git a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.6.ebuild b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.6.ebuild
index 3496c808fc66a..6639671666256 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygame_sdl2/pygame_sdl2-6.99.6.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	media-libs/sdl2-ttf
 	virtual/jpeg:62
 "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/pygame-sdl2-for-renpy-${PV}