diff --git a/dev-libs/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-0.110.ebuild b/dev-libs/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-0.110.ebuild
index bd97568268407..b71e62e1ff0c0 100644
--- a/dev-libs/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-0.110.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/dbus-glib/dbus-glib-0.110.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=sys-apps/dbus-1.8[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 "
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
+	>=dev-util/glib-utils-2.40
 	>=dev-util/gtk-doc-am-1.14
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 "