diff --git a/media-radio/chirp/chirp-20230818.ebuild b/media-radio/chirp/chirp-20230818.ebuild
index 10f5b91e388d3..d070272cc3def 100644
--- a/media-radio/chirp/chirp-20230818.ebuild
+++ b/media-radio/chirp/chirp-20230818.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/${PN}_next/next-${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="+gui"
+IUSE="+gui radioreference"
 
 RDEPEND="$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 	dev-python/pyserial[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ RDEPEND="$(python_gen_cond_dep '
 		dev-python/wxpython:4.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/yattag[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
+	radioreference? ( dev-python/suds-community[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 ')"
 BDEPEND="test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep '
 	dev-python/pytest-xdist[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-radio/chirp/metadata.xml b/media-radio/chirp/metadata.xml
index 0fd405ff69a5f..84aceb6cb6a03 100644
--- a/media-radio/chirp/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-radio/chirp/metadata.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 		<name>Rick Farina</name>
 	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="radioreference">pull in optional deps for query of radioreference</flag>
+	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">kk7ds/chirp</remote-id>
 	</upstream>