diff --git a/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-0.5.5.ebuild b/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-0.5.5.ebuild
index 7d9691cbbcef2..f156e951d8763 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-0.5.5.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-0.5.5.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libevent[ssl,threads]
+	dev-libs/libevent:=[ssl,threads]
 	dev-libs/openssl:0=
 	net-libs/libnet:1.1
 	net-libs/libpcap
diff --git a/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-9999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-9999.ebuild
index c6f530a499478..17ad8b68ff9ca 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/sslsplit/sslsplit-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libevent[ssl,threads]
+	dev-libs/libevent:=[ssl,threads]
 	dev-libs/openssl:0=
 	net-libs/libnet:1.1
 	net-libs/libpcap