diff --git a/dev-python/python-caja/python-caja-1.22.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/python-caja/python-caja-1.22.0-r1.ebuild
index 079f916764880..c0338e9ae4e9d 100644
--- a/dev-python/python-caja/python-caja-1.22.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/python-caja/python-caja-1.22.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ fi
 DESCRIPTION="Python bindings for the Caja file manager"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
-
 IUSE="doc"
+REQUIRED_USE=${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.50:2