diff --git a/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
index 3596f2bb14658..7595ec3b37e91 100644
--- a/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
diff --git a/gui-apps/mako/mako-9999.ebuild b/gui-apps/mako/mako-9999.ebuild
index 60eca46bf3e53..b615074bfcdae 100644
--- a/gui-apps/mako/mako-9999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/mako/mako-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/wayland-protocols
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig