diff --git a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r1.ebuild b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r1.ebuild
index 533b07531191c..705dd100fabfe 100644
--- a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	dev-python/docutils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
+	gtk-doc? (
+		introspection? (
+			>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.83.2
+			dev-util/gi-docgen
+		)
+	)
 	test? ( media-fonts/cantarell )
 "
 
diff --git a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r2.ebuild b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r2.ebuild
index c1c0b5b45dc6d..154035ca29e1d 100644
--- a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.56.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	dev-python/docutils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
+	gtk-doc? (
+		introspection? (
+			>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.83.2
+			dev-util/gi-docgen
+		)
+	)
 	test? ( media-fonts/cantarell )
 "
 
diff --git a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.57.0.ebuild b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.57.0.ebuild
index 7a5bfa2394205..a8b6bb5799cd7 100644
--- a/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.57.0.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/pango/pango-1.57.0.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ BDEPEND="
 	dev-util/glib-utils
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	dev-python/docutils
-	gtk-doc? ( dev-util/gi-docgen )
+	gtk-doc? (
+		introspection? (
+			>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.83.2
+			dev-util/gi-docgen
+		)
+	)
 	test? ( media-fonts/cantarell )
 "