diff --git a/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.13.ebuild b/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.13.ebuild
index f6f24c5e5fb9c..74c1f68397a45 100644
--- a/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.13.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.13.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 		   media-gfx/graphviz )
 	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl )
 	test? (
-		dev-lang/python
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		app-shells/bash[net]
 	)
 "
diff --git a/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.14.ebuild b/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.14.ebuild
index ac8ec5c685ae6..82dced53f9151 100644
--- a/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.14.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/paho-mqtt-c/paho-mqtt-c-1.3.14.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 		   media-gfx/graphviz )
 	ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl )
 	test? (
-		dev-lang/python
+		${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		app-shells/bash[net]
 	)
 "