diff --git a/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild b/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
index 81f1f8cad45d1..3596f2bb14658 100644
--- a/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/mako/mako-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
-	app-text/scdoc
+	>=app-text/scdoc-1.9.7
 "
 
 src_configure() {