--- dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.55.0.ebuild	1996-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.55.0.ebuild	1996-10-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -18,17 +18,15 @@
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~ppc-aix ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~ia64-hpux ~x86-interix ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
 IUSE="examples python test"
 
-REQUIRED_USE="test? ( python )"
-
 RDEPEND="!<dev-libs/boost-1.34.0
 	!<=dev-util/boost-build-1.35.0-r1"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( sys-apps/diffutils )"
+	test? ( sys-apps/diffutils dev-lang/python:2.7 )"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/boost_${MY_PV}/tools/build/v2"
 
 pkg_setup() {
-	if use python; then
+	if use python || use test; then
 		python_set_active_version 2
 		python_pkg_setup
 	fi
@@ -67,6 +65,8 @@
 		-e 's/\(off speed space\)/\1 none/' \
 		-e 's/\(debug-symbols      : on off\)/\1 none/' \
 		tools/builtin.jam || die "sed failed"
+	
+	epatch_user
 }
 
 src_configure() {