diff --git a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-2.28.6-r55.ebuild b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-2.28.6-r55.ebuild
index e16425d228cdc..ba3458372f259 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-2.28.6-r55.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-2.28.6-r55.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 COMMON_DEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.24.0:2
 	dev-lang/python-exec:2
-	libffi? ( virtual/libffi:= )
+	libffi? ( dev-libs/libffi:= )
 	${PYTHON_DEPS}
 "
 DEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.32.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.32.1.ebuild
index 8a77fbea46a31..91a043226087d 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.32.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.32.1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.48:2
 	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.54:=
-	virtual/libffi:=
+	dev-libs/libffi:=
 	cairo? (
 		>=dev-python/pycairo-1.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		x11-libs/cairo[glib] )
diff --git a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.34.0.ebuild b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.34.0.ebuild
index ddf1ed706bcef..55e874f5982e8 100644
--- a/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.34.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pygobject/pygobject-3.34.0.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.48:2
 	>=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.54:=
-	virtual/libffi:=
+	dev-libs/libffi:=
 	cairo? (
 		>=dev-python/pycairo-1.11.1[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 		x11-libs/cairo[glib] )