diff --git a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
index 0a7822decd00c..b0babaef124a9 100644
--- a/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/snakeoil/snakeoil-9999.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/pkgcore/snakeoil"
 LICENSE="BSD BSD-2 MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 
+RDEPEND="
+	dev-python/lazy-object-proxy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+
 [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]] && BDEPEND+=" dev-python/cython[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest