diff --git a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-20161028.ebuild b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-20161028.ebuild
index 18e793e5489d8..bc32cf8ab43ae 100644
--- a/dev-util/ctags/ctags-20161028.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ctags/ctags-20161028.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="
 	${COMMON_DEPEND}
+	dev-python/docutils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "