diff --git a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.3.4.ebuild b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.3.4.ebuild
index 5ad16b9983..82d2e329f2 100644
--- a/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/desktop-notifier/desktop-notifier-3.3.4.ebuild
@@ -26,5 +26,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/python-dbus-next[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	$(python_gen_cond_dep 'dev-python/importlib_resources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python3_8)
 "
+BDEPEND="
+	dev-python/build[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+"
 
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