diff --git a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.77.0.ebuild b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.77.0.ebuild
index ccca9041f594b..384c32587524e 100644
--- a/net-misc/curl/curl-7.77.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/curl/curl-7.77.0.ebuild
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ RDEPEND="ldap? ( net-nds/openldap[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 			app-misc/ca-certificates
 		)
 		openssl? (
-			dev-libs/openssl:0=[sslv3=,static-libs?,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+			dev-libs/openssl:0=[sslv3(-)=,static-libs?,${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 		)
 		nss? (
 			dev-libs/nss:0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]