diff --git a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
index 5036e2c3d5..aa3512642c 100644
--- a/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/ovsdbapp/ovsdbapp-1.12.0.ebuild
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ DEPEND="
 		>=dev-python/stestr-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testscenarios-0.4[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		>=dev-python/testtools-2.2.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		net-misc/openvswitch
 	)
 "