diff --git a/dev-python/python-lzo/python-lzo-1.15.ebuild b/dev-python/python-lzo/python-lzo-1.15.ebuild
index db9add715d805..27c6e83ed5126 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-lzo/python-lzo-1.15.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-lzo/python-lzo-1.15.ebuild
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pkg-resources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
 
 EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 distutils_enable_tests pytest