diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.29.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.29.ebuild
index 89cdc28..3dc150a 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.29.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-4.4.29.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_any_dep '
 		test? ( dev-python/pymongo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+		>=dev-build/scons-3.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/cheetah3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ python_check_deps() {
 		python_has_version "dev-python/pymongo[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" || return 1
 		python_has_version "dev-python/requests[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" || return 1
 	fi
-
+	python_has_version -b ">=dev-build/scons-3.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/cheetah3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
diff --git a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-5.0.26.ebuild b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-5.0.26.ebuild
index 740aa7c..d74cf3a 100644
--- a/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-5.0.26.ebuild
+++ b/dev-db/mongodb/mongodb-5.0.26.ebuild
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	debug? ( dev-debug/valgrind )"
 BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_any_dep '
+		>=dev-build/scons-3.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/cheetah3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
 python_check_deps() {
+	python_has_version -b ">=dev-build/scons-3.1.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/cheetah3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/psutil[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" &&
 	python_has_version -b "dev-python/pyyaml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"