diff --git a/dev-lua/mpack/mpack-1.0.8-r100.ebuild b/dev-lua/mpack/mpack-1.0.8-r100.ebuild
index b2f7d532f5af8..7116644b690ed 100644
--- a/dev-lua/mpack/mpack-1.0.8-r100.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lua/mpack/mpack-1.0.8-r100.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	test? (
 		dev-lua/busted[${LUA_USEDEP}]
+		dev-lua/lua_cliargs[${LUA_USEDEP}]
 		${RDEPEND}
 	)
 "