diff --git a/app-arch/brotli/brotli-1.0.9-r5.ebuild b/app-arch/brotli/brotli-1.0.9-r5.ebuild
index bae6d96252562..cc2d8ebdd0d1e 100644
--- a/app-arch/brotli/brotli-1.0.9-r5.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/brotli/brotli-1.0.9-r5.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 "
-BDEPEND="python? ( ${DISTUTILS_DEPS} )"
+BDEPEND="
+	python? (
+		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
+		test? ( dev-python/unittest-or-fail[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+	)
+"
 
 DOCS=( README.md CONTRIBUTING.md )
 
diff --git a/app-arch/brotli/brotli-9999.ebuild b/app-arch/brotli/brotli-9999.ebuild
index bae6d96252562..cc2d8ebdd0d1e 100644
--- a/app-arch/brotli/brotli-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/brotli/brotli-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 "
-BDEPEND="python? ( ${DISTUTILS_DEPS} )"
+BDEPEND="
+	python? (
+		${DISTUTILS_DEPS}
+		test? ( dev-python/unittest-or-fail[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+	)
+"
 
 DOCS=( README.md CONTRIBUTING.md )