diff --git a/app-editors/atom/atom-1.12.7.ebuild b/app-editors/atom/atom-1.12.7.ebuild
index 19991e71997e2..2abf8f2c17cb5 100644
--- a/app-editors/atom/atom-1.12.7.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/atom/atom-1.12.7.ebuild
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/oniguruma-5.9.5:=
 	>=dev-util/ctags-5.8
 	>=dev-util/electron-1.3.5:${ELECTRON_SLOT}
+	x11-libs/libxkbfile
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
diff --git a/app-editors/atom/atom-1.13.1.ebuild b/app-editors/atom/atom-1.13.1.ebuild
index 84c2ee311ffbf..7b3b32bde90f1 100644
--- a/app-editors/atom/atom-1.13.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/atom/atom-1.13.1.ebuild
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=dev-libs/oniguruma-5.9.5:=
 	>=dev-util/ctags-5.8
 	>=dev-util/electron-1.3.5:${ELECTRON_SLOT}
-"
+	x11-libs/libxkbfile"
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 	!sys-apps/apmd