diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.4.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.4.ebuild
index eecd9a2607e3b..477428fd681ac 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.4.ebuild
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	virtual/pkgconfig
+	net-libs/libtirpc
+	|| (
+		net-libs/rpcsvc-proto
+		<sys-libs/glibc-2.26[rpc(+)]
+	)
 	test? (
 		!system-mitkrb5? (
 			>=sys-libs/nss_wrapper-1.1.3
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.5.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.5.ebuild
index eb49c8229c3be..981e4b7d15491 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.7.5.ebuild
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 	dev-libs/libxslt
 	virtual/pkgconfig
+	net-libs/libtirpc
+	|| (
+		net-libs/rpcsvc-proto
+		<sys-libs/glibc-2.26[rpc(+)]
+	)
 	test? (
 		!system-mitkrb5? (
 			>=sys-libs/nss_wrapper-1.1.3
diff --git a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.8.0_rc2.ebuild b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.8.0_rc2.ebuild
index 28420233a0a4a..f0c7f58ce66a9 100644
--- a/net-fs/samba/samba-4.8.0_rc2.ebuild
+++ b/net-fs/samba/samba-4.8.0_rc2.ebuild
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
 	dev-libs/libxslt
+	net-libs/libtirpc
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	|| (
 		net-libs/rpcsvc-proto