diff --git a/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.4.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.4.0.ebuild
index 1db7548275ed0..70b3e1b0f080f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.4.0.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SLOT="2"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 
 RDEPEND="migration-tool? ( dev-db/sqlite:3 )
-	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:=[bindist=] )
+	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[bindist=] )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl )
 	!~dev-libs/softhsm-2.0.0:0"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.5.0.ebuild
index a23cda5d73ecc..c05dee21086a2 100644
--- a/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/softhsm/softhsm-2.5.0.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SLOT="2"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 
 RDEPEND="migration-tool? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )
-	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:=[bindist=] )
+	!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[bindist=] )
 	libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 	!~dev-libs/softhsm-2.0.0:0"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"