diff --git a/dev-python/lesscpy/lesscpy-0.15.1.ebuild b/dev-python/lesscpy/lesscpy-0.15.1.ebuild
index 951a5196eeafb..91d5b8cf76ce4 100644
--- a/dev-python/lesscpy/lesscpy-0.15.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/lesscpy/lesscpy-0.15.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -22,5 +22,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/ply[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/pkg-resources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
 
 distutils_enable_tests unittest