diff --git a/net-libs/lwip/lwip-2.2.1_p5.ebuild b/net-libs/lwip/lwip-2.2.1_p5.ebuild
index 5dd7734ec7b14..6cd530a3c6c75 100644
--- a/net-libs/lwip/lwip-2.2.1_p5.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/lwip/lwip-2.2.1_p5.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+DEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-libs/check
+		dev-python/python-subunit
+	)
+"
 BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip"
 
 # Patches to be applied at LWIP_BASE_S, not LWIP_POSIX_S
diff --git a/net-libs/lwip/lwip-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/lwip/lwip-9999.ebuild
index 5dd7734ec7b14..6cd530a3c6c75 100644
--- a/net-libs/lwip/lwip-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/lwip/lwip-9999.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
+DEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-libs/check
+		dev-python/python-subunit
+	)
+"
 BDEPEND="app-arch/unzip"
 
 # Patches to be applied at LWIP_BASE_S, not LWIP_POSIX_S