diff --git a/dev-python/pydub/pydub-0.25.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pydub/pydub-0.25.1.ebuild
index 613b9b83c1..cf4e8d0029 100644
--- a/dev-python/pydub/pydub-0.25.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pydub/pydub-0.25.1.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright 2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=8
+EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{8..9} )
 
-inherit distutils-r1
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
 
 DESCRIPTION="Manipulate audio with an simple and easy high level interface"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pydub.com/"
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 distutils_enable_tests unittest
 
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		media-video/ffmpeg
+	)
+	"
+
 python_test() {
 	eunittest test/
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "opening and saving non-wav files - like mp3" media-video/ffmpeg
+	#optfeature "playing audio" dev-python/simpleaudio # upstream suggests this, not available in gentoo or guru
+	optfeature "playing audio" dev-python/pyaudio
+}