diff --git a/dev-python/wsaccel/wsaccel-0.6.2_p20170108.ebuild b/dev-python/wsaccel/wsaccel-0.6.2_p20170108.ebuild
index f970ddf263f02..3c81271ea2aec 100644
--- a/dev-python/wsaccel/wsaccel-0.6.2_p20170108.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/wsaccel/wsaccel-0.6.2_p20170108.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND=""
 DEPEND="
+	dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (	dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 "