diff --git a/app-emacs/envrc/envrc-0.11.ebuild b/app-emacs/envrc/envrc-0.11.ebuild
index 77286fbeff..50f049b432 100644
--- a/app-emacs/envrc/envrc-0.11.ebuild
+++ b/app-emacs/envrc/envrc-0.11.ebuild
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+BDEPEND="
+	app-emacs/inheritenv
+"
+
 SITEFILE="50${PN}-gentoo.el"