diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
index bcb4d60397308..adabb32dbb37f 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools-scm/setuptools-scm-8.1.0.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? (
+		dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-vcs/git
 		!sparc? (
 			dev-vcs/mercurial