diff --git a/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r8.ebuild b/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r8.ebuild
index c7f5d0f6d2889..133c241be4a6d 100644
--- a/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r8.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/db/db-5.3.28-r8.ebuild
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ REQUIRED_USE="test? ( tcl )"
 DEPEND="tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.5.15-r1:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	test? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.5.15-r1:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
 RDEPEND="tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.5.15-r1:0=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
+# bug #841698
+BDEPEND="sys-devel/autoconf-archive"
 
 MULTILIB_WRAPPED_HEADERS=(
 	/usr/include/db${SLOT}/db.h