diff --git a/net-nds/yp-tools/yp-tools-4.2.3-r1.ebuild b/net-nds/yp-tools/yp-tools-4.2.3-r1.ebuild
index ad99f5637bd4b..b3b55f59117fd 100644
--- a/net-nds/yp-tools/yp-tools-4.2.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-nds/yp-tools/yp-tools-4.2.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ DEPEND="
 	>=net-libs/libnsl-1.2.0:0=
 	virtual/libcrypt:=
 	nls? ( virtual/libintl )"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	!sys-apps/net-tools[nis(-)]"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"