diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/gnome/package.use b/profiles/targets/desktop/gnome/package.use
index ab548250d8394..107ab38ec8714 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/gnome/package.use
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/gnome/package.use
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# REQUIRED_USE constraint when pulseaudio is enabled
+dev-libs/efl sound
+
 # Needed by gnome-photos
 media-libs/gegl jpeg2k raw