diff --git a/app-vim/csound-syntax/csound-syntax-20160804-r1.ebuild b/app-vim/csound-syntax/csound-syntax-20160804-r1.ebuild
index bd83fe3c361f0..006878f0b1957 100644
--- a/app-vim/csound-syntax/csound-syntax-20160804-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-vim/csound-syntax/csound-syntax-20160804-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 VIM_PLUGIN_HELPFILES="${PN}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-doc.patch" )
+
+RDEPEND="!media-sound/csound[vim-syntax]"