diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
index 5a66a4650782b..5db378ff5361a 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND=""
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
+BDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 
 # requires source of gtest and other libs
 RESTRICT=test