diff --git a/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
index 8f19d23383551..b03c865b49e38 100644
--- a/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/pkgcheck/pkgcheck-9999.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ else
 fi
 RDEPEND+="
 	dev-python/chardet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/lazy-object-proxy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/pathspec[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/tree-sitter[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]