diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kwayland/kwayland-5.81.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kwayland/kwayland-5.81.0.ebuild
index 68751cdf761cb..733ed1d5eef8c 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kwayland/kwayland-5.81.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kwayland/kwayland-5.81.0.ebuild
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=dev-libs/plasma-wayland-protocols-1.2.1
 	>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.15
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	>=dev-util/wayland-scanner-1.19.0
+"