diff --git a/dev-java/fontbox/fontbox-1.7.1-r2.ebuild b/dev-java/fontbox/fontbox-1.7.1-r2.ebuild
index bb08573650134..f2a8f156229d2 100644
--- a/dev-java/fontbox/fontbox-1.7.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-java/fontbox/fontbox-1.7.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ DEPEND="
 		dev-java/junit:4
 	)"
 
+BDEPEND="
+	app-arch/unzip"
+
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}/${PN}"
 
 JAVA_ANT_REWRITE_CLASSPATH="yes"