diff --git a/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild b/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
index ff4b0c71a417a..03b4ef62bbaa6 100644
--- a/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-wm/i3/i3-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ CDEPEND="dev-lang/perl
 	x11-libs/xcb-util-cursor
 	x11-libs/xcb-util-keysyms
 	x11-libs/xcb-util-wm
+	x11-libs/xcb-util-xrm
 	pango? (
 		>=x11-libs/pango-1.30.0[X]
 		>=x11-libs/cairo-1.12.2[X,xcb]