diff --git a/dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
similarity index 91%
rename from dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5.ebuild
rename to dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
index 964fad44dbd04..9ffb25cf41d10 100644
--- a/dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/bitshuffle/bitshuffle-0.3.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2021-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/lz4
 "
 
+RDEPEND="
+	app-arch/lz4
+"
+
 src_prepare() {
 	cp "${FILESDIR}/${P}-Makefile" "Makefile" || die "Failed to copy Makefile"
 	default
diff --git a/dev-libs/bitshuffle/files/bitshuffle-0.3.5-Makefile b/dev-libs/bitshuffle/files/bitshuffle-0.3.5-Makefile
index f38d0cc5f1499..6ccea469dbae8 100644
--- a/dev-libs/bitshuffle/files/bitshuffle-0.3.5-Makefile
+++ b/dev-libs/bitshuffle/files/bitshuffle-0.3.5-Makefile
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ OBJS = \
 	src/bitshuffle_core.o \
 	src/iochain.o
 
+LIBS := -llz4
+
 $(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME) $^
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -shared $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME) $^ $(LIBS)
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Isrc -c $< -o $@