diff --git a/x11-libs/libclxclient/libclxclient-3.9.2.ebuild b/x11-libs/libclxclient/libclxclient-3.9.2.ebuild
index 5baa5183f2228..b257be17e7c2d 100644
--- a/x11-libs/libclxclient/libclxclient-3.9.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-libs/libclxclient/libclxclient-3.9.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/clxclient-${PV}"