diff --git a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.0.8.1-r1.ebuild b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.0.8.1-r1.ebuild
index 6bf76625abb35..1078ff7ee99ad 100644
--- a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.0.8.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.0.8.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMONDEPEND}
 		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
 		dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
 		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience dev-texlive/texlive-science )
-		dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra
+		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-plaingeneric dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra )
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
 		|| (
 			dev-tex/latex2html
diff --git a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.1.5-r1.ebuild b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.1.5-r1.ebuild
index ab47e318ffa3e..807a748fa5c5c 100644
--- a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.1.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.1.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMONDEPEND}
 		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
 		dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
 		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience dev-texlive/texlive-science )
-		dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra
+		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-plaingeneric dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra )
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
 		|| (
 			dev-tex/latex2html
diff --git a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.2-r1.ebuild b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
index b11dd8c01439e..7bfab99130be5 100644
--- a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMONDEPEND}
 		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
 		dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
 		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience dev-texlive/texlive-science )
-		dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra
+		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-plaingeneric dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra )
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
 		|| (
 			dev-tex/latex2html
diff --git a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.3.ebuild b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.3.ebuild
index b11dd8c01439e..7bfab99130be5 100644
--- a/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/lyx/lyx-2.2.3.ebuild
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RDEPEND="${COMMONDEPEND}
 		dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
 		dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
 		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience dev-texlive/texlive-science )
-		dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra
+		|| ( dev-texlive/texlive-plaingeneric dev-texlive/texlive-genericextra )
 		dev-texlive/texlive-fontsrecommended
 		|| (
 			dev-tex/latex2html