diff --git a/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2016.ebuild b/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2016.ebuild
index b76ecc3c808dd..8363e70ddcdf3 100644
--- a/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2016.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2016.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ RDEPEND="gnat_2016? ( dev-lang/gnat-gpl:4.9.4 )
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
 	projects? (
 		=dev-ada/libgpr-2016[gnat_2016=,gnat_2017=,shared?,static-libs?]
+		dev-ada/xmlada[shared?,static-libs?]
 	)"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-ada/gprbuild[gnat_2016=,gnat_2017=]"
diff --git a/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2017.ebuild b/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2017.ebuild
index f245678b800e0..995ff143031a4 100644
--- a/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2017.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ada/gnatcoll/gnatcoll-2017.ebuild
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-lang/gnat-gpl:6.3.0
 	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite )
 	projects? (
 		>=dev-ada/libgpr-2017[gnat_2017,shared?,static-libs?]
+		dev-ada/xmlada[shared?,static-libs?]
 	)"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-ada/gprbuild[gnat_2017]"