diff --git a/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.7.3.ebuild b/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.7.3.ebuild
index 3867c1bd70..351eba934f 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.7.3.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.7.3.ebuild
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 DEPEND="app-arch/lz4
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[wayland]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
+BDEPEND="app-text/scdoc"
 
 QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="
 	usr/bin/swww
diff --git a/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.8.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.8.1.ebuild
index b611ca4137..a26e88a87f 100644
--- a/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/swww/swww-0.8.1.ebuild
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ DEPEND="
 	app-arch/lz4
 	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[wayland]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=">=virtual/rust-1.70.0"
+BDEPEND="
+	>=virtual/rust-1.70.0
+	app-text/scdoc
+"
 
 QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="
 	usr/bin/swww