diff --git a/dev-db/barman/barman-2.12.ebuild b/dev-db/barman/barman-2.12.ebuild
index 59e903216ec88..ce74beef14541 100644
--- a/dev-db/barman/barman-2.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/barman/barman-2.12.ebuild
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-db/postgresql[server]
 "
 
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/pytest-timeout[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 
 src_prepare() {