diff --git a/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.2.3.ebuild b/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.2.3.ebuild
index 08482df1290f5..df529ad758d3f 100644
--- a/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/libpaper/libpaper-1.2.3.ebuild
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-3+ public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
 
+BDEPEND="
+	sys-apps/help2man
+"
+
 # False positive (runs within a conditional)
 QA_AM_MAINTAINER_MODE=".*help2man.*"