diff --git a/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.1.ebuild
index 17b9aba2958e6..f4eb2d466b2a4 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.1.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ RDEPEND="!dev-libs/libmemcached
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:2 )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( net-misc/memcached )"
-BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison
+	sys-devel/flex
+	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(