diff --git a/misc/py-pexpect/Makefile b/misc/py-pexpect/Makefile
index b10033256640..39406adce4ec 100644
--- a/misc/py-pexpect/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-pexpect/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ptyprocess>=0.5:sysutils/py-ptyprocess@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
-USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
+USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils unittest
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes