diff --git a/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-0_p20211214.ebuild b/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-0_p20211214.ebuild
index fd3e952ec3bb9..f55ac59a9cc76 100644
--- a/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-0_p20211214.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-0_p20211214.ebuild
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ CRATES="
 	xml-rs-0.8.4"
 # python is needed by xcb-0.8.2 until update to >=0.10
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml"
 inherit cargo desktop flag-o-matic python-any-r1 xdg
 
 # 0(github) 1(repo) 2(commit hash) 3(crate:workspace,...) [see core/Cargo.toml]
diff --git a/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-9999.ebuild
index 085d64c074002..4371c33e066a7 100644
--- a/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/ruffle/ruffle-9999.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI=8
 
 # python is needed by xcb-0.8.2 until update to >=0.10
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..10} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="xml"
 inherit cargo desktop flag-o-matic git-r3 python-any-r1 xdg
 
 DESCRIPTION="Flash Player emulator written in Rust"