diff --git a/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-2.1.0-r1.ebuild b/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
index e81144df9d11c..f654ac56596f0 100644
--- a/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-2.1.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	ldac? ( >=media-libs/libldac-2.0.0 )
 	upower? ( sys-power/upower )
 "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-libs/check )"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
diff --git a/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-9999.ebuild b/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-9999.ebuild
index a399d0042c61f..35b7533e4c481 100644
--- a/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-sound/bluez-alsa/bluez-alsa-9999.ebuild
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	ldac? ( >=media-libs/libldac-2.0.0 )
 	upower? ( sys-power/upower )
 "
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	test? ( dev-libs/check )"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_prepare() {