diff --git a/x11-wm/bspwm/bspwm-0.9.12.ebuild b/x11-wm/bspwm/bspwm-0.9.12.ebuild
index 93e02e38736ff..1106b6d823731 100644
--- a/x11-wm/bspwm/bspwm-0.9.12.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/bspwm/bspwm-0.9.12.ebuild
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~riscv ~x86"
 
 DEPEND="
-	x11-libs/libxcb
+	x11-libs/libxcb:=
 	x11-libs/xcb-util
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms
 	x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}