diff --git a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
index b02aa7c5b956f..2194f4d3af098 100644
--- a/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-emulation/libvirt/libvirt-9999.ebuild
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virt-network? (
 		net-dns/dnsmasq[dhcp,ipv6(+),script]
 		net-firewall/ebtables
-		>=net-firewall/iptables-1.4.10[ipv6(+)]
+		|| (
+			>=net-firewall/iptables-1.4.10[ipv6(+)]
+			net-firewall/nftables
+		)
 		net-misc/radvd
 		sys-apps/iproute2[-minimal]
 	)