diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.1.5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.1.5.ebuild
index 8b54b300b5..05d55122f8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.1.5.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.1.5.ebuild
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_impl_dep)
 	dev-lang/perl
 	>=dev-build/meson-0.63.0
+	app-alternatives/ninja
 	dev-python/pip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.2.2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.2.2.ebuild
index 9523cdbfcf..b622077598 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-8.2.2.ebuild
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_impl_dep)
 	dev-lang/perl
 	>=dev-build/meson-0.63.0
+	app-alternatives/ninja
 	dev-python/pip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
index 8f55155deb..381a891e01 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-9999.ebuild
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	$(python_gen_impl_dep)
 	dev-lang/perl
 	>=dev-build/meson-0.63.0
+	app-alternatives/ninja
 	dev-python/pip[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (