diff --git a/textproc/doclifter/Makefile b/textproc/doclifter/Makefile
index fa967278d1e0..14ff2cf00110 100644
--- a/textproc/doclifter/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/doclifter/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://www.catb.org/~esr/doclifter/
 MAINTAINER=	araujo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Translates documents written in troff macros to DocBook
 
+RUN_DEPENDS+=	python2:${PORTSDIR}/lang/python2
+
 USE_PYTHON=	-2.7
 NO_BUILD=	yes