diff --git a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
index 6fac8bb94453d..5b2209d00e9cd 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/abseil-cpp/abseil-cpp-20200225.1.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ DEPEND=""
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND=""
 
+# requires source of gtest and other libs
+RESTRICT=test
+
 src_prepare() {
 	cmake_src_prepare