diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.3.0_alpha.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.3.0_alpha.ebuild
index 9dc5b7681a..e7b6483c26 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.3.0_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.3.0_alpha.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="dev-libs/octetos-core"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
+BDEPEND="dev-util/cunit"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.4.0_alpha.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.4.0_alpha.ebuild
index 9dc5b7681a..e7b6483c26 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.4.0_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-coreutils/octetos-coreutils-0.4.0_alpha.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 DEPEND="dev-libs/octetos-core"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
+BDEPEND="dev-util/cunit"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"