diff --git a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.12.1-r2.ebuild b/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
index 62f818c4f28b0..4da9d8dbf3aec 100644
--- a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.12.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 # We install rfc so - ISOC-rfc
 LICENSE="GPL-2 ISOC-rfc"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris"
-IUSE="dbi judy minimal"
+IUSE="dbi judy minimal test"
 
 # <gawk-3.1.6 makes tests fail.
 RDEPEND="
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	>=sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6
 	virtual/yacc
+	test? ( !~sys-apps/gawk-4.2.1 )
 "
 
 DOC_CONTENTS="
diff --git a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.0.ebuild b/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.0.ebuild
index c34a460822b0d..6f994838112e5 100644
--- a/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/dictd/dictd-1.13.0.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 # We install rfc so - ISOC-rfc
 LICENSE="GPL-2 ISOC-rfc"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris"
-IUSE="dbi judy minimal"
+IUSE="dbi judy minimal test"
 
 # <gawk-3.1.6 makes tests fail.
 RDEPEND="
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="
 BDEPEND="
 	>=sys-apps/gawk-3.1.6
 	virtual/yacc
+	test? ( !~sys-apps/gawk-4.2.1 )
 "
 
 DOC_CONTENTS="