diff --git a/media-libs/libcamera/libcamera-0.4.0.ebuild b/media-libs/libcamera/libcamera-0.4.0.ebuild
index c4559a6..46251b5 100644
--- a/media-libs/libcamera/libcamera-0.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libcamera/libcamera-0.4.0.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ DEPEND="
 #"
 RDEPEND="
 	${DEPEND}
-	${PYTHON_DEPS}
+	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
 	trace? ( dev-util/lttng-tools )
 "