diff --git a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.5.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.5.1.ebuild
index cb8be50354f7b..a3ebdc00bc33c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.5.1.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm ~ia64 x86 ~x86-linux ~x64-macos"
 IUSE="doc examples +ncurses mono python ruby test debug"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/expat-2.0.1
 	>=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5
diff --git a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3-r1.ebuild
index 0998ef0171e67..0b7d354a2ef99 100644
--- a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0/36"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
 IUSE="doc examples libressl +ncurses mono php python ruby test debug"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/expat-2.0.1
 	>=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5
diff --git a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3.ebuild b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3.ebuild
index e35acf103cd85..33bd9a462f936 100644
--- a/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/Ice/Ice-3.6.3.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0/36"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="doc examples libressl +ncurses mono php python ruby test debug"
+REQUIRED_USE="python? ( ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/expat-2.0.1
 	>=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5