diff --git a/dev-libs/weston/weston-9.0.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/weston/weston-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
index 478d276073fd1..c10df76c2d83a 100644
--- a/dev-libs/weston/weston-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/weston/weston-9.0.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		>=virtual/udev-136
 	)
 	editor? ( x11-libs/pango )
+	examples? ( x11-libs/pango )
 	gles2? (
 		media-libs/mesa[gles2,wayland]
 	)
diff --git a/dev-libs/weston/weston-9999.ebuild b/dev-libs/weston/weston-9999.ebuild
index 8d0a5358b7747..bf7a8c00415ed 100644
--- a/dev-libs/weston/weston-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/weston/weston-9999.ebuild
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		>=virtual/udev-136
 	)
 	editor? ( x11-libs/pango )
+	examples? ( x11-libs/pango )
 	gles2? (
 		media-libs/mesa[gles2,wayland]
 	)