diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index 18de20ac0b0f7..a7b9f962f7d9c 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
 	dev-db/sqlite
 	dev-libs/expat
+	dev-libs/flatbuffers
 	>=dev-libs/fribidi-0.19.7
 	cec? ( >=dev-libs/libcec-4.0 )
 	dev-libs/libpcre[cxx]