diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.18.1.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.18.1.ebuild
index cc6e40ae8bc8f..2d86dc42372a6 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.18.1.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-7.18.1.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_openssl ) "
 # libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
 # If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
 DEPEND="
+	acct-group/boinc
 	acct-user/boinc
 	>=app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
 	cuda? (
diff --git a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
index 03a0bfb404ad9..21a46ecfa6595 100644
--- a/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sci-misc/boinc/boinc-9999.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( curl_ssl_gnutls curl_ssl_openssl ) "
 # libcurl must not be using an ssl backend boinc does not support.
 # If the libcurl ssl backend changes, boinc should be recompiled.
 DEPEND="
+	acct-group/boinc
 	acct-user/boinc
 	>=app-misc/ca-certificates-20080809
 	cuda? (