diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-2024.4.9.ebuild b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-2024.4.9.ebuild
index 788ac0069d..0af5b9e947 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-2024.4.9.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-2024.4.9.ebuild
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2"
+
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
+
 BDEPEND="
 		virtual/libudev
 		virtual/pkgconfig
-		dev-libs/libxml2
-"
+		dev-libs/libxml2"
 
 src_compile() {
 	PKG_CONFIG=$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)
diff --git a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
index eb7eb73d3c..d95b276fa0 100644
--- a/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-embedded/qdl/qdl-9999.ebuild
@@ -12,11 +12,17 @@ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/andersson/qdl.git"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 
+COMMON_DEPS="
+			dev-libs/libusb
+			dev-libs/libxml2"
+
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPS}"
+
+DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPS}"
+
 BDEPEND="
 		virtual/pkgconfig
-		dev-libs/libusb
-		dev-libs/libxml2
-"
+		${COMMON_DEPS}"
 
 src_compile() {
 	PKG_CONFIG=$(tc-getPKG_CONFIG)