diff --git a/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.8.ebuild b/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.8.ebuild
index 1a5796dd7ea95..a81e8746561ad 100644
--- a/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.8.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/nss-pam-ldapd/nss-pam-ldapd-0.9.8.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ IUSE="debug kerberos +pam sasl test +utils"
 
 COMMON_DEP="
 	net-nds/openldap[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-python/python-ldap[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	kerberos? ( virtual/krb5[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	virtual/pam[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]