diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.8.1.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.8.1.ebuild
index f69468054a8ca..4fb86d3d0526b 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.8.1.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-2.8.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2+ FDL-1.1+ LGPL-2+"
 SLOT="0/4" # subslot = libcinnamon-desktop soname version
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+introspection systemd"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3:2[dbus]
diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.0.2.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.0.2.ebuild
index aed013a676059..300489c9c44bb 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.0.2.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.0.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2+ FDL-1.1+ LGPL-2+"
 SLOT="0/4" # subslot = libcinnamon-desktop soname version
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE="+introspection systemd"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3:2[dbus]
diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.0.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.0.ebuild
index 657503d0dd445..7aa1c85f8eeaf 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2+ FDL-1.1+ LGPL-2+"
 SLOT="0/4" # subslot = libcinnamon-desktop soname version
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="+introspection systemd"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3:2[dbus]
diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.4.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.4.ebuild
index 0cdd1744d437a..7aa1c85f8eeaf 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop-3.2.4.ebuild
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2+ FDL-1.1+ LGPL-2+"
 SLOT="0/4" # subslot = libcinnamon-desktop soname version
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="+introspection systemd"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.37.3:2[dbus]