diff --git a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
index 753d1c631d038..daeb448b5c27f 100644
--- a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-arch/zip
 	)"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-libs/tinyxml-2.6.2-r3
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(
diff --git a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
index 4ac4c6b6992be..164c9d11fd45a 100644
--- a/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/codeblocks/codeblocks-17.12-r301.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-arch/zip
 	)"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+	>=dev-libs/tinyxml-2.6.2-r3
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 PATCHES=(