diff --git a/x11-misc/xbanish/xbanish-1.8_p20230519.ebuild b/x11-misc/xbanish/xbanish-1.8_p20230519.ebuild
index da0ccba5f1..769e960bb5 100644
--- a/x11-misc/xbanish/xbanish-1.8_p20230519.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/xbanish/xbanish-1.8_p20230519.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXext
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_compile() {
 	emake CC=$(tc-getCC)