diff --git a/dev-util/bakefile/bakefile-0.2.9-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/bakefile/bakefile-0.2.9-r1.ebuild
index 2fd0112e26523..6c9d3f6e36001 100644
--- a/dev-util/bakefile/bakefile-0.2.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/bakefile/bakefile-0.2.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="doc"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
-RDEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}"
 DEPEND=""
 
 src_install () {