diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.3-r1.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.3-r1.ebuild
index 188afca674dfe..166f22eaccbac 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		media-libs/mesa[wayland]
 		>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.7
 	)
-	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages] )
+	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages(+)] )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libX11
 		x11-libs/libXrandr
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.4.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.4.ebuild
index 1af63f9e8720f..88ebd8f9b0205 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-18.4.ebuild
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		media-libs/mesa[wayland]
 		>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.7
 	)
-	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages] )
+	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages(+)] )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libX11
 		x11-libs/libXrandr
diff --git a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
index ef6cd2879da78..a5e56b7f2175f 100644
--- a/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/kodi/kodi-9999.ebuild
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		media-libs/mesa[wayland]
 		>=dev-libs/wayland-protocols-1.7
 	)
-	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages] )
+	webserver? ( >=net-libs/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55[messages(+)] )
 	X? (
 		x11-libs/libX11
 		x11-libs/libXrandr