diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.0.ebuild
index 938e238f8297e..42915fe521f25 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.1.ebuild b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.1.ebuild
index c9b48556fd1af..28c4dd9394f76 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.6.1.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.7.0.ebuild b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.7.0.ebuild
index 55684bc8500f6..8199fddee7925 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.7.0.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.0.ebuild b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.0.ebuild
index 85fa541b884d8..a6f073a5e674f 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.0.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1
 
diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.1.ebuild b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.1.ebuild
index 83db2f1579c7c..a06bfdd79e6ad 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.8.1.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{3,4,5} pypy pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit distutils-r1