diff --git a/dev-python/sabyenc/sabyenc-4.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/sabyenc/sabyenc-4.0.1.ebuild
index 5445c2513b14a..6c6fdf9e58be3 100644
--- a/dev-python/sabyenc/sabyenc-4.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/sabyenc/sabyenc-4.0.1.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/sabnzbd/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 DOCS=( CHANGES.md README.md doc/yenc-draft.1.3.txt )
 
+DEPEND="test? (
+		dev-python/chardet[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)"
+
 distutils_enable_tests pytest