diff --git a/dev-libs/icu-le-hb/icu-le-hb-1.0.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/icu-le-hb/icu-le-hb-1.0.3.ebuild
index 8de92a75ae005..5f7d3b72e1907 100644
--- a/dev-libs/icu-le-hb/icu-le-hb-1.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/icu-le-hb/icu-le-hb-1.0.3.ebuild
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}
 	>=dev-libs/icu-58.1
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 "
 
 src_prepare() {