diff --git a/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-2.6.2.ebuild b/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-2.6.2.ebuild
index 6c9e258f88b28..546f272c37a29 100644
--- a/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-2.6.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-2.6.2.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-ros/moveit_msgs[${CATKIN_MESSAGES_CXX_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	>=sci-electronics/gazebo-7:=
+	dev-libs/protobuf:=
 	dev-games/ogre
 	sci-libs/pcl
 	dev-libs/boost:=
diff --git a/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-9999.ebuild
index 6c9e258f88b28..546f272c37a29 100644
--- a/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/gazebo_plugins/gazebo_plugins-9999.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-ros/moveit_msgs[${CATKIN_MESSAGES_CXX_USEDEP}]
 	dev-libs/libxml2
 	>=sci-electronics/gazebo-7:=
+	dev-libs/protobuf:=
 	dev-games/ogre
 	sci-libs/pcl
 	dev-libs/boost:=