diff --git a/app-text/vilistextum/vilistextum-2.6.9-r1.ebuild b/app-text/vilistextum/vilistextum-2.6.9-r1.ebuild
index 37ed62c449541..378b7e597fb2c 100644
--- a/app-text/vilistextum/vilistextum-2.6.9-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/vilistextum/vilistextum-2.6.9-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=5
 
-inherit eutils autotools
+inherit epatch autotools
 
 DESCRIPTION="HTML to ASCII converter programmed to handle incorrect html"
 HOMEPAGE="https://bhaak.net/vilistextum/"