diff --git a/eclass/calculate-utils-r4.eclass b/eclass/calculate-utils-r4.eclass
index 652f1745b..97e560222 100644
--- a/eclass/calculate-utils-r4.eclass
+++ b/eclass/calculate-utils-r4.eclass
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 
 	app-portage/layman[python_targets_python2_7]
 	sys-apps/portage[python_targets_python2_7]
+	dev-python/pyxattr[python_targets_python2_7]
 	>=virtual/udev-197
 	!app-misc/livecd-tools
 	sys-apps/coreutils[xattr]