diff --git a/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-3.2.1.ebuild b/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-3.2.1.ebuild
index b232bbcac2..c40702c012 100644
--- a/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-3.2.1.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-3.2.1.ebuild
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pillow[truetype,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>dev-python/pyinquirer-1.0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/colored[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
+		dev-python/colored[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/ascim[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
 	>=media-gfx/imagemagick-7"
 BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-9999.ebuild b/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-9999.ebuild
index 53700b7f6f..23c892fc14 100644
--- a/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-gfx/memethesis-cli/memethesis-cli-9999.ebuild
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pillow[truetype,${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>dev-python/pyinquirer-1.0.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
-		dev-python/colored[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
+		dev-python/colored[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		dev-python/ascim[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]')
 	>=media-gfx/imagemagick-7"
 BDEPEND="${RDEPEND}"