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
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 PORTNAME=	pexpect
 PORTVERSION=	4.9.0
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python module for controlling interactive programs in pseudo-terminal
 WWW=		https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ \
 		https://github.com/pexpect/pexpect
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 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
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>