diff --git a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-0.13.ebuild b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-0.13.ebuild
index fea085203e9a6..290b9b38b6db8 100644
--- a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-0.13.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-0.13.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=net-dns/avahi-0.6.31-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11 )"
+	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
 
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local myconf=(
diff --git a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
index 4734cc555a174..8ba258c79895d 100644
--- a/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-auth/nss-mdns/nss-mdns-9999.ebuild
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=net-dns/avahi-0.6.31-r2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11 )"
+	test? ( >=dev-libs/check-0.11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default