diff --git a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.17.ebuild b/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.17.ebuild
index ed27a3cec8630..b76577ac0db47 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.17.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/rspec-pending_for/rspec-pending_for-0.1.17.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/pboling/rspec-pending_for/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> $
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="$(ver_cut 1)"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+ruby_add_depend "test? ( dev-ruby/rspec-block_is_expected )"
 
 ruby_add_rdepend "
 	dev-ruby/rspec-core:3