diff --git a/dev-python/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-2.0.3.ebuild b/dev-python/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-2.0.3.ebuild
index b9255ad56f282..4c4dac00bd99b 100644
--- a/dev-python/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-2.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mysqlclient/mysqlclient-2.0.3.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	test? (
 		dev-db/mariadb[server]
+		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)
 "