diff --git a/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-2.3.11-r2.ebuild b/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-2.3.11-r2.ebuild
index 0cb8a88d1b588..18b1fce7cd926 100644
--- a/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-2.3.11-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-2.3.11-r2.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 "
 
diff --git a/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-9999.ebuild b/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-9999.ebuild
index 0cb8a88d1b588..18b1fce7cd926 100644
--- a/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/gkrellm/gkrellm-9999.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
+	x11-base/xorg-proto
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 "