diff --git a/www-servers/varnish/varnish-6.1.0.ebuild b/www-servers/varnish/varnish-6.1.0.ebuild
index 87fca369e1667..af7e42b863dac 100644
--- a/www-servers/varnish/varnish-6.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/varnish/varnish-6.1.0.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${CDEPEND}
 	dev-python/docutils
+	dev-python/sphinx
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"