diff --git a/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.4.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.4.ebuild
index cc2ef46994d5a..ef402d87eff84 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.4.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmemcached-awesome/libmemcached-awesome-1.1.4.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="!app-forensics/memdump
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl:2 )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	test? ( net-misc/memcached )"
-BDEPEND="sys-devel/bison
+BDEPEND="app-alternatives/yacc
 	app-alternatives/lex
 	virtual/pkgconfig"