diff --git a/dev-python/pypy3_10-exe/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.17.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy3_10-exe/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
index a36ea7940a498..63d7fce8fe523 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy3_10-exe/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy3_10-exe/pypy3_10-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 "
 BDEPEND="
-	dev-python/pypy
+	|| (
+		dev-lang/pypy:2.7
+		dev-python/pypy
+	)
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "