diff --git a/app-misc/mx5000tools/mx5000tools-0.1.2.ebuild b/app-misc/mx5000tools/mx5000tools-0.1.2.ebuild
index bcb95fa59cf05..0973736039321 100644
--- a/app-misc/mx5000tools/mx5000tools-0.1.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/mx5000tools/mx5000tools-0.1.2.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 
-DEPEND="media-libs/netpbm:="
+RDEPEND="media-libs/netpbm:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}-find-netpbm-header.patch" )