diff --git a/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild b/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
index 1bb10572b45c0..b473bc57ddda1 100644
--- a/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pypy-exe/pypy-exe-7.3.17.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	!low-memory? (
 		|| (
+			dev-lang/pypy:2.7
 			dev-python/pypy
 			dev-lang/python:2.7
 		)