diff --git a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.1.ebuild b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.1.ebuild
index a0f3bc6bf4d..5711eaec723 100644
--- a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.1.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
 		virtual/libusb:1
 		sys-apps/usbutils
 	)
+	user-permissions? ( acct-group/i2c )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libXrandr
 		x11-libs/libX11
diff --git a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.5.ebuild b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.5.ebuild
index 06560df4d33..15a3b4f373d 100644
--- a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.5.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.5.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
 		virtual/libusb:1
 		sys-apps/usbutils
 	)
+	user-permissions? ( acct-group/i2c )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libXrandr
 		x11-libs/libX11
diff --git a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.9.ebuild b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.9.ebuild
index 08aaa306dd0..502545682d7 100644
--- a/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.9.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/ddcutil/ddcutil-0.9.9.ebuild
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="dev-libs/glib:2
 		virtual/libusb:1
 		sys-apps/usbutils
 	)
+	user-permissions? ( acct-group/i2c )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libXrandr
 		x11-libs/libX11