diff --git a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
index b3bde25c0dd4e..7ec1a606d570c 100644
--- a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-libs/hiredis-0.13.1"
+DEPEND=">=dev-libs/hiredis-0.13.1:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-r1-system-libs.patch )
diff --git a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r2.ebuild b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r2.ebuild
index 3ed30be879fc7..e5ca7fa47cfdf 100644
--- a/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/hiredis/hiredis-0.2.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-libs/hiredis-0.13.1"
+DEPEND=">=dev-libs/hiredis-0.13.1:="
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-r1-system-libs.patch )