diff --git a/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/easy-thumbnails-2.7.ebuild b/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/easy-thumbnails-2.7.ebuild
index 3aabbec54a967..f532eb55869d7 100644
--- a/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/easy-thumbnails-2.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/easy-thumbnails-2.7.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
+		$(python_gen_impl_dep sqlite)
 		${RDEPEND}
 		dev-python/testfixtures[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)