diff --git a/app-doc/eclass-manpages/eclass-manpages-99999999.ebuild b/app-doc/eclass-manpages/eclass-manpages-99999999.ebuild
index 20bbf855699ab..2339dc038f41d 100644
--- a/app-doc/eclass-manpages/eclass-manpages-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/app-doc/eclass-manpages/eclass-manpages-99999999.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
 
-BDEPEND="sys-apps/gawk"
+BDEPEND="sys-apps/gawk
+	sys-apps/groff"
 
 src_unpack() {
 	git-r3_fetch