diff --git a/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml b/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
index ad49c44ee0..0acc0020b0 100644
--- a/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
+++ b/science/electronics/kicad/pspec.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
             <Dependency>opencascade-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>desktop-file-utils</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libgit2-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>protobuf-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
 <!--             <Patch>boost-1.61.patch</Patch> -->