diff --git a/dev-python/progressbar2/progressbar2-3.53.1.ebuild b/dev-python/progressbar2/progressbar2-3.53.1.ebuild
index 93a2e4a70bf03..fc89dd3b95479 100644
--- a/dev-python/progressbar2/progressbar2-3.53.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/progressbar2/progressbar2-3.53.1.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 CDEPEND="!dev-python/progressbar[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/python-utils[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
-BDEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-python/freezegun[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest