diff --git a/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.20.23.ebuild b/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.20.23.ebuild
index c3784feb382a4..076237a6c33ad 100644
--- a/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.20.23.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/dulwich/dulwich-0.20.23.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 			dev-python/gevent[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 			dev-python/geventhttpclient[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		) )
+		app-crypt/gpgme[python,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/mock[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/fastimport[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	)"