diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-3.8.0.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-3.8.0.ebuild
index 1dd7ed6cc9523..199699e2688b1 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-3.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-3.8.0.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXrender
 	x11-libs/libXtst
 	x11-libs/pango[X]
+	>=x11-libs/xapps-1.0.4
 	virtual/opengl
 	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-183
 			   sys-auth/polkit )
diff --git a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-4.0.0.ebuild b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-4.0.0.ebuild
index db74701d4f656..80d2ae516f7ee 100644
--- a/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-4.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/gnome-extra/cinnamon-session/cinnamon-session-4.0.0.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	x11-libs/libXrender
 	x11-libs/libXtst
 	x11-libs/pango[X]
+	>=x11-libs/xapps-1.0.4
 	virtual/opengl
 	systemd? ( >=sys-apps/systemd-183
 			   sys-auth/polkit )