diff --git a/app-editors/sandy/sandy-0.4-r1.ebuild b/app-editors/sandy/sandy-0.4-r1.ebuild
index d6f94b34f70f1..9e28a7fcfea3e 100644
--- a/app-editors/sandy/sandy-0.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/sandy/sandy-0.4-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ DEPEND="
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	virtual/pkgconfig
+"
+
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.4-gentoo.patch
 )