diff --git a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.10.0.ebuild b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.10.0.ebuild
index 67440aaefe586..3153dd228364a 100644
--- a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.10.0.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libffi
 	dev-python/pycparser[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	test? (	dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
diff --git a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.5.2.ebuild b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.5.2.ebuild
index 50e1e713d4aee..a7abea639402e 100644
--- a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.5.2.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libffi
 	dev-python/pycparser[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	test? (	dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 
diff --git a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.9.1.ebuild b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.9.1.ebuild
index 5f49037108362..9b673d139be57 100644
--- a/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cffi/cffi-1.9.1.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libffi
 	dev-python/pycparser[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? ( dev-python/sphinx[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
 	test? (	dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"