diff --git a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.3.24-r2.ebuild b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.3.24-r2.ebuild
index 0f710c8c197d0..ff2a5d21a82e9 100644
--- a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.3.24-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.3.24-r2.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ppc sparc x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~x86-solaris"
 IUSE="test valgrind"
 
-RDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0"
+RDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( valgrind? ( dev-util/valgrind ) )"
 
diff --git a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.13.ebuild b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.13.ebuild
index dc81ee11b4d37..6afde291687f3 100644
--- a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.13.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.13.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux
 IUSE="acl test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/boehm-gc-7.2:=
-	sys-libs/ncurses:0
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	acl? ( virtual/acl )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
diff --git a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.14.ebuild b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.14.ebuild
index 4d9e14c8baaca..3754cfad686a0 100644
--- a/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.14.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/zile/zile-2.4.14.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux
 IUSE="acl test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/boehm-gc-7.2:=
-	sys-libs/ncurses:0
+	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	acl? ( virtual/acl )"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}