diff --git a/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26.ebuild b/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26.ebuild
index c36fd4ad8f2b3..af23fde137e85 100644
--- a/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="emacs java doc"
 
-DEPEND="emacs? ( virtual/emacs )"
+DEPEND="emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	java? ( virtual/jdk )"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26_p20160527.ebuild b/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26_p20160527.ebuild
index edf78928351c5..74ca45f7a69e6 100644
--- a/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26_p20160527.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/cmt/cmt-1.26_p20160527.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="emacs java doc"
 
-DEPEND="emacs? ( virtual/emacs )"
+DEPEND="emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	java? ( virtual/jdk )"