diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.2.7.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.2.7.ebuild
index e28e464712200..dcdf77d1de68d 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.2.7.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.2.7.ebuild
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ CDEPEND="
 		dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 		dev-qt/qtprintsupport:5
 		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-		media-libs/speex
+		|| (
+			media-libs/speexdsp
+			<media-libs/speex-1.2.0
+		)
 		x11-misc/xdg-utils
 	)
 	sbc? ( media-libs/sbc )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.2.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.2.ebuild
index 77aa34a9b99ed..e886059b19aa2 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.2.ebuild
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ CDEPEND="
 		dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 		dev-qt/qtprintsupport:5
 		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-		media-libs/speex
+		|| (
+			media-libs/speexdsp
+			<media-libs/speex-1.2.0
+		)
 		x11-misc/xdg-utils
 	)
 	sbc? ( media-libs/sbc )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.3.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.3.ebuild
index 5fbf5cfe70b6b..f006ba339014a 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-2.4.3.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ CDEPEND="
 		dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 		dev-qt/qtprintsupport:5
 		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-		media-libs/speex
+		|| (
+			media-libs/speexdsp
+			<media-libs/speex-1.2.0
+		)
 		x11-misc/xdg-utils
 	)
 	sbc? ( media-libs/sbc )
diff --git a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
index 32ecbd608dd8c..9d9fca8d8a032 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/wireshark/wireshark-99999999.ebuild
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ CDEPEND="
 		dev-qt/qtmultimedia:5
 		dev-qt/qtprintsupport:5
 		dev-qt/qtwidgets:5
-		media-libs/speex
+		|| (
+			media-libs/speexdsp
+			<media-libs/speex-1.2.0
+		)
 		x11-misc/xdg-utils
 	)
 	sbc? ( media-libs/sbc )