diff --git a/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.21.ebuild b/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.21.ebuild
index 489576ef53073..23fbf6e0a504b 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.21.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.2.21.ebuild
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ IUSE="java lua perl php python ruby tcl"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( java lua perl php python ruby tcl )"
 
 COMMONDEPEND="=dev-libs/xapian-${PV}*
-	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:= )
+	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:0 )
 	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	ruby? ( dev-lang/ruby:= )
 	tcl? ( >=dev-lang/tcl-8.1:0= )"
diff --git a/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.3.3-r2.ebuild b/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.3.3-r2.ebuild
index 142a6256aea51..0ec3b18877862 100644
--- a/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.3.3-r2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/xapian-bindings/xapian-bindings-1.3.3-r2.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ IUSE="java lua mono perl php python ruby tcl"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( java lua mono perl php python ruby tcl )"
 
 COMMONDEPEND="=dev-libs/xapian-${PV}*
-	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:= )
+	lua? ( dev-lang/lua:0 )
 	mono? ( >=dev-lang/mono-1.0.8 )
 	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )