diff --git a/dev-python/pygresql/pygresql-6.2.3.ebuild b/dev-python/pygresql/pygresql-6.2.3.ebuild
index 8ea91f6a5ff89..f1bee829971ea 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygresql/pygresql-6.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygresql/pygresql-6.2.3.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ LICENSE="POSTGRESQL"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~hppa ppc ~sparc x86"
 
+REQUIRED_USE="${POSTGRES_REQ_USE}"
 DEPEND="${POSTGRES_DEP}"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="