diff --git a/profiles/default/package.use/required-by b/profiles/default/package.use/required-by
index 3f4af4ac8..721c76863 100644
--- a/profiles/default/package.use/required-by
+++ b/profiles/default/package.use/required-by
@@ -615,3 +615,6 @@ media-plugins/calf lv2
 
 # required by app-text/rnv-1.7.11-r1
 dev-scheme/scm libscm
+
+# required by dev-python/collectd-rabbitmq-1.19.0-r1
+app-metrics/collectd collectd_plugins_python