diff --git a/dev-python/asgiref/asgiref-3.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/asgiref/asgiref-3.8.1.ebuild
index 93b9553cbd932..c535857a255b1 100644
--- a/dev-python/asgiref/asgiref-3.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/asgiref/asgiref-3.8.1.ebuild
@@ -19,5 +19,10 @@ LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~loong ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86"
 
-EPYTEST_PLUGINS=( pytest-asyncio )
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest