diff --git a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.1.ebuild b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.1.ebuild
index fdc2ed3abb669..6b87ca18b13c3 100644
--- a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="systemd rbd"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/json-c
+	dev-libs/json-c:=
 	dev-libs/libaio
 	dev-libs/userspace-rcu
 	>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45
diff --git a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.2.ebuild b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.2.ebuild
index fdc2ed3abb669..6b87ca18b13c3 100644
--- a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.2.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="systemd rbd"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/json-c
+	dev-libs/json-c:=
 	dev-libs/libaio
 	dev-libs/userspace-rcu
 	>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45
diff --git a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.3.ebuild b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.3.ebuild
index 577cbe8db1b25..99506a248340c 100644
--- a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.3.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="systemd rbd"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/json-c
+	dev-libs/json-c:=
 	dev-libs/libaio
 	dev-libs/userspace-rcu
 	>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45
diff --git a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.4.ebuild b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.4.ebuild
index b114189a868bb..2a9e296b4f4f6 100644
--- a/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.4.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/multipath-tools/multipath-tools-0.7.4.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 IUSE="systemd rbd"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/json-c
+	dev-libs/json-c:=
 	dev-libs/libaio
 	dev-libs/userspace-rcu
 	>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.45