diff --git a/kde-apps/ark/ark-25.04.0.ebuild b/kde-apps/ark/ark-25.04.0.ebuild
index 17b5e848de87f..c219415348cdf 100644
--- a/kde-apps/ark/ark-25.04.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-apps/ark/ark-25.04.0.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	if [[ -z "${REPLACING_VERSIONS}" ]]; then
 		optfeature "rar archive creation/extraction" "app-arch/rar"
 		optfeature "rar archive extraction only" "app-arch/unar" "app-arch/unrar"
-		optfeature "7-Zip archive support" "app-arch/p7zip"
+		optfeature "7-Zip archive support" ">=app-arch/7zip-24.09[symlink(+)]" "app-arch/p7zip"
 		optfeature "lrz archive support" "app-arch/lrzip"
 		optfeature "Markdown support in text previews" "kde-misc/markdownpart:${SLOT}"
 	fi