diff --git a/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
index 35faf270a8218..dc16f17205d1b 100644
--- a/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ia64 ~ppc ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-lang/erlang-18"
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/erlang-18[ssl]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_compile() {
diff --git a/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0.ebuild b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0.ebuild
index bff4011e227ef..d45b44bed5939 100644
--- a/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/elixir/elixir-1.3.0.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~ia64 ~ppc ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=dev-lang/erlang-18"
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/erlang-18[ssl]"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 src_compile() {