diff --git a/dev-python/rpy/rpy-2.6.2.ebuild b/dev-python/rpy/rpy-2.6.2.ebuild
index 521031d20b63e..c2ae3efa01157 100644
--- a/dev-python/rpy/rpy-2.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/rpy/rpy-2.6.2.ebuild
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=dev-lang/R-3.1
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	>=dev-python/pandas-0.13.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-	dev-python/ipython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/python-singledispatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	test? ( $(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/singledispatch[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python2_7 python3_3) )"
+PDEPEND="dev-python/ipython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 # ggplot2 is an optional test dep but not in portage
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"