diff --git a/sci-biology/abyss/abyss-1.3.3.ebuild b/sci-biology/abyss/abyss-1.3.3.ebuild
index 08a82e2f692ab..62b79f6e6f574 100644
--- a/sci-biology/abyss/abyss-1.3.3.ebuild
+++ b/sci-biology/abyss/abyss-1.3.3.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-cpp/sparsehash
+	dev-libs/boost
 	mpi? ( virtual/mpi )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"