diff --git a/dev-build/bmake/bmake-20250618.ebuild b/dev-build/bmake/bmake-20250618.ebuild
index e94d30162726..9671884ef654 100644
--- a/dev-build/bmake/bmake-20250618.ebuild
+++ b/dev-build/bmake/bmake-20250618.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 MK_VER=20210330
+LUA_COMPAT=( lua5-{1..4} luajit )
+
+inherit lua-single
 
 DESCRIPTION="NetBSD's portable make"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.crufty.net/help/sjg/bmake.html"
@@ -15,6 +18,11 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
+IUSE="test"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="test? ( ${LUA_REQUIRED_USE} )"
+
+BDEPEND="test? ( ${LUA_DEPS} )"
 
 # Skip failing test (sandbox and csh)
 PATCHES=(
@@ -22,6 +30,10 @@ PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-20250618-lua-test.patch
 )
 
+pkg_setup() {
+	use test && lua-single_pkg_setup
+}
+
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	cd "${WORKDIR}" || die