diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.0.2.ebuild b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.0.2.ebuild
index 2e703e5dcb609..ca8d819c6eecd 100644
--- a/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/matplotlib-2.0.2.ebuild
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
 		app-text/dvipng
+		dev-python/colorspacious[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pillow[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/ipython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/mock[${PY2_USEDEP}]